Common Commands |

The main menu changes depending on what kind of view is active. However, the commands listed below are common across different view types. Pick Tools > Options and switch to the Toolbars, etc. page to define your own keyboard shortcuts, and hide or expose commands on the menus and toolbars.

The Session menu

| New Session | Opens a new view with an empty session of the specified type.
| New Tab | Opens a new tab in the current window and displays the Home view.
| New Window | Opens a new window and displays the Home view.
| Open Session | Opens a new view and displays the Home view.
| Load Workspace | Lists saved workspaces. Picking one closes any open views and restores the selected configuration.
| Load Workspace > Manage Workspaces | Lets you rename or delete saved workspaces.
| Save Workspace As | Saves the current configuration of windows and tabs as a named workspace.
| Close Tab | Closes the current tab.
| Exit | Quits Beyond Compare, prompting to save any edits. All of the instance's windows will close.

The Tools menu

| Options | Opens the Options dialog to set program preferences.
| File Formats | Opens the File Formats dialog to manage file format settings.
| Profiles | Opens the Profiles dialog to manage profile settings.
| Source Control Integration | Opens the Source Control Integration dialog. Available in Windows version only.
| Export Settings | Opens the Export Settings dialog to selectively save settings and sessions to a file.
| Import Settings | Opens the Import Settings dialog to selectively load settings and sessions from a file.
| Restore Factory Defaults | Opens the Restore Factory Defaults dialog to selectively reset settings to defaults.
| Save Snapshot | Opens the Save Snapshot dialog to create a snapshot of a folder structure.
| Edit Text File | Opens a new Text Edit view.
| View Patch | Opens a new Text Patch view.

The Help menu

| Contents | Displays help contents.
| Context Sensitive Help | Displays help contents page relevant to what you are focused on.
| Scooter Software on the Web | Opens the Scooter Software website in your browser.
| Check for Updates | Checks to see if a newer version of Beyond Compare is available.
| Support | Opens the Support dialog which lists instructions for reporting problems.
| Enter Key | Opens the Register dialog to accept your license key.
| About Beyond Compare | Displays the About box with program version and license information.