Undoing a checkout

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 content file or a configuration file is created in the workspace.

Or
An image file is created (by uploading or dragging-and-dropping it) in the workspace.

Or
A folder is created in the workspace.
The resource(s) are checked out.

Your need

You have a checked out a version of a resource (file or folder) and now you want to revert to the previous checked in version.

The possibility

If you have a checked out version of a resource (file or folder), it is possible to revert to the previous checked in version of the resource. This means that any changes made in the checked out version are lost.

About this task

What you will learn

This instruction tells you how to revert a checked out version of a resource (file or folder) to the previous checked in version.

The result

This is a file before doing an undo check out operation on it:

This is the file after doing an undo check out operation on it:

Overall steps

Browse to the resource (file or folder), then do an undo check out operation on the resource.

Time

Less than 1 minute

Procedure

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

2. If you want to do undo check out on:

a folder, browse to the folder in the Workspace view.
a file, browse to the file in the Workspace view or the Publications view.

3. Right-click the file (or folder).

A pop-up list opens.

4. In the pop-up list, select the file (or folder) icon.

The File (or Folder) toolbar opens.

5. On the File (or Folder) toolbar, click Versions > Undo checkout.

A Confirm dialog box opens.

6. Click OK to confirm.

The file (or folder) is reverted to the previous (checked in) version.