Comparing two publication versions

Background

Starting point

The procedure in this topic assumes Skribenta is installed and configured for normal operation, and:

You have logged into Skribenta.
You are assigned to one of the following user roles: content provider, technical writer or administrator.
You have selected the workspace you want to work in.
A folder is created in the workspace.
The publication has been checked in to create a version to compare.

Your need

You want to compare the content of two publication versions.

The possibility

It is possible to compare the content of two consecutive publication versions.

About this task

What you will learn

This instruction tells you how to compare the content of two consecutive publication versions.

The result

This is the Publications view before comparing two publication versions:

This is the Publications view after comparing two publication versions:

Overall steps

Right-click the publication, then compare two publication versions.

Time

Less than 1 minute

Procedure

1. Make sure that the step(s) in section "Starting point" (see section "Background" above) are performed.

2. On the Aspect toolbar, click Publications.

The Publications view opens.

3. Browse to your publication.

4. Right-click the publication.

A pop-up list opens.

5. In the pop-up list, select the publication icon.

The Publication toolbar opens.

6. On the Publication toolbar, click Versions > Compare.

A list of checked in publication (CIP) versions is displayed.

7. In the list of publication versions, select a publication version.

The selected publication version is compared with the previous version.

8. To view the differences between the two publication versions, select "EditionFile.xml".

Resources used in the publication are displayed.

New/deleted version label and comment information and new/old resource versions, compared to the previous versions, are highlighted in green/red, respectively.

Resources with updated attributes are marked in yellow.