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Comparing two workspace 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.
The workspace has been checked in to create a version to compare.

Your need

You want to compare the content of two workspace versions.

The possibility

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

About this task

What you will learn

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

The result

This is the Workspace view before comparing two workspace versions:

This is the Workspace view after comparing two workspace versions:

Overall steps

Right-click the workspace folder, then compare two workspace 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 Workspace.

The Workspace view opens.

3. Right-click the Workspace root folder.

A pop-up list opens.

4. In the pop-up list, select the workspace icon.

The Workspace toolbar opens.

5. On the Workspace toolbar, click Versions > Compare.

A list of workspace versions is displayed.

6. In the list of workspace versions, select a workspace version.

The selected workspace version is compared with the previous version. Updated resources in the workspace are displayed.

7. To examine the differences in an updated file in the workspace, select the file.

New and deleted content, compared to the previous version, are highlighted in green and red, respectively.

If there are no differences between the file versions, a message is displayed.