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Full words are struck out in red or underlined in blue.\n+- **show diff** - character: differences are shown in the right entry. Individual characters are struck out in red or underlined in blue.\n+- **show symmetric diff** - word: differences are shown on both sides. Words are underlined and displayed in color.\n+- **show symmetric diff** - character: differences are shown on both sides.  Characters are underlined and displayed in color.\n+\n+In the central column, a radio button allows you to select which side to keep for each field:\n+the **left side**, the **right side**, or **none**.\n+By default, the left entry is kept.\n+\n+## Merged entry: preview and source code\n+\n+![Screenshot of the preview and source code for the merged entry](./images/FindDuplicatesWindow-PreviewAndCode.png)\n+\n+Based upon your selection, the merged entry is shown, both as a preview (on the left) and as source code (on the right).\n+\n+If you right-click on the preview, you can **Print entry preview** or **Copy preview**.\n+\n+\n+## Selecting which entry to keep\n+\n+![Screenshot of the buttons to choose which entry to keep](./images/FindDuplicatesWindow-Selecting.png)\n+\n+You are offered to:\n+- **Keep left** entry.\n+- **Keep right** entry.\n+- **Keep both** entries, meaning that you consider the two entries are not duplicates.\n+- **Keep merged entry only**, meaning that the merged 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