Viewing a Directory Comparison Viewing a Directory Comparison After you compare the two directories, File Merge displays a browser with all files from both directories. Black files are in both directories but have different contents.
Italicized files are in only one of the two directories.
To see a specific file's status. The status information appears at the bottom of the window. To compare the two versions of a file, double-click the file name. See Comparing Files . To open the different versions of the files, use the View pop-up menu.