1. Apparatus for the comparison of a first file and a second file containing graphics and text elements, the apparatus comprising a memory for the first and second files, means for the splitting of the first file into a first file graphics portion containing the graphics of the first file and a first file text element portion containing the text elements of the first file, and the splitting of the second file into a second file graphics portion containing the graphics of the second file and a second file text element portion containing the text elements of the second file, means for the text recognition, raster graphics means for the generation of a respective rastered image from the graphics elements of the first file graphics portion and of the second file graphics portion, means for the comparison of the extracted text elements of the first file text element portion with the extracted text elements of the second file text element portion, means for the comparison of the rastered images, and means for the output, preferably together, of the two comparison results.