Ignore White Space

Supported on: At least Windows Server 2008 R2 or Windows 7

Registry

HKCU software\policies\microsoft\office\16.0\word\options

Value name: compareignorewhitespace

Enabled: compareignorewhitespace = 1

Disabled: compareignorewhitespace = 0

Description

This option determines if white space is compared in document compare. This corresponds to the option in the Compare dialog box ( Review ribbon | Compare | more options).