Checking what was extracted
The CV Comparison Tool highlights text in the original document that did not make it into the formatted output, so you can spot omissions before sending a CV.
RemakeCV's CV Comparison Tool (Beta) shows the original CV with any text highlighted that did not make it into the formatted output. It is a review aid, not an editor — you cannot mark text in it. Use it to catch omissions before a CV goes to a client, especially on scanned documents.
What does it show?
The original document, with highlighting over any text that does not appear in the formatted output. It answers one question quickly: did anything get dropped?
That matters because a missing section is the hardest error to notice. A wrong date is visible; a paragraph that silently never made it across is not, unless you compare against the source.
The tool is marked Beta and it is a comparison aid, not a verdict. It is read-only: you can select and copy text, but you cannot annotate or edit within it.
How should I read the highlights?
Not every highlight is a problem. Text is legitimately dropped when it is page furniture rather than content.
| Highlighted | Usually means |
|---|---|
| A bullet point or paragraph of real content | Genuine omission — add it in the editor |
| A section heading you expected to see | The section may not have been recognised |
| Page numbers, headers, footers | Normal — deliberately not carried over |
| Decorative or template text from the candidate's design | Normal |
| Scattered fragments across a scanned CV | OCR differences, not necessarily omissions |
The workflow is: scan the highlights, ignore the furniture, and act on anything that is substantive content.
Why are scanned CVs noisier?
On an image-based CV the comparison runs against OCR-recognised text rather than a clean text layer, so small character-level differences register as mismatches even where the content did make it into the output. Expect more highlights and weight them more loosely.
See scanned PDFs and OCR.
What do I do about a real omission?
Add it in the editor
Faster than reprocessing for one or two missing items. See reviewing and editing.
Reprocess if a whole section is missing
Free, and a second pass sometimes resolves an ambiguous layout differently. See the formatted CV looks wrong.
Report a recurring pattern
If the same kind of content is dropped across many CVs, that is something we can fix in the pipeline. Email support@remakecv.com with the source file.
When is it worth using?
Every time on a scanned CV, and whenever a candidate is going to an important client. On a clean single-column Word CV the extraction is reliable enough that a normal read-through of the editor is usually sufficient.
Frequently asked questions
- Can I edit or mark text in the comparison view?
- No. It is read-only — you can select and copy text, but not annotate it. Make corrections in the editor alongside it.
- Does a highlight always mean something is wrong?
- No. Page furniture, headers, footers and decorative text are legitimately dropped. Highlights are a prompt to look, not a defect list.
- Why are there more highlights on a scanned CV?
- The comparison runs against OCR-recognised text, which introduces small differences that read as mismatches even when the content did make it across.
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