7. Non-transitory, tangible, computer readable media containing computer programming instructions that, when loaded in a computer system having a memory, cause the computer system, in response to user commands, to automatically analyze text documents by performing the following steps: comparing text from a subject text document to text of a plurality of given text templates, each text template containing at least one paragraph of text; determining which given text template or text templates has text that matches the text from the subject text document to a given degree of correspondence; generating a report of the differences between the text from the subject text document and the text of the matching text template or text templates; comparing a family of specimen text documents; identifying one paragraph of text within one of the family of specimen text documents that most closely matches a paragraph of text in all of the other specimen text documents, as compared to all of the other paragraphs in the one specimen text document; and generating one of the text templates containing at least the one identified paragraph of text.
7. Non-transitory, tangible, computer readable media containing computer programming instructions that, when loaded in a computer system having a memory, cause the computer system, in response to user commands, to automatically analyze text documents by performing the following steps: comparing text from a subject text document to text of a plurality of given text templates, each text template containing at least one paragraph of text; determining which given text template or text templates has text that matches the text from the subject text document to a given degree of correspondence; generating a report of the differences between the text from the subject text document and the text of the matching text template or text templates; comparing a family of specimen text documents; identifying one paragraph of text within one of the family of specimen text documents that most closely matches a paragraph of text in all of the other specimen text documents, as compared to all of the other paragraphs in the one specimen text document; and generating one of the text templates containing at least the one identified paragraph of text. 12. The media of claim 7 wherein the differences in the report are computed according to an edit distance algorithm.