Comparing documents in Pages?

Hello,
How do I compare 2 versions of a word document in Pages to see the differences? (Alternatively, is there any way to do this using the terminal?) Please help!
Thanks in advance!
Lali

Hello
given the structure of a Pages document:
a -- a subfolder named Contents and an other one named QuickLook.
b -- several picture files corresponding to images inserted in the document.
When the doc is in good health, double clicking these files open them in their creation application.
c -- index.xml.gz which is a packed version of the XML file describing our document.
If we double click it, it expands as index.xml which may be read in any XML aware application.
I assumes that comparison requires that the packed xml files are expanded then you would be able to compare the XML files themselves.
Yvan KOENIG (from FRANCE dimanche 3 février 2008 13:09:46)

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