Save and restore document versions
Save a document version and restore an earlier draft while keeping a checkpoint of the current one.
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Create a version to save a document-wide checkpoint. Restoring it changes the shared document for everyone, not a private historical copy.
Before you create or restore a version
You need access to the team that owns the document. Reading version history requires document access. Creating a version and restoring an earlier one require editing permission, which team members have.
Livemark does not save a separate version for every keystroke. Create a version before a large change so you can restore the earlier draft.
Use suggestions for individual replacements and reviews for readiness decisions. Neither saves a document checkpoint.
Create a checkpoint
- Open the document.
- Open its Version control, shown with the current number.
- Choose Create version.
- Wait for Created version and the new number in the confirmation.
Creating a version reads the live collaborative document and requests a snapshot. This can take several seconds. The interface displays Creating a version… while it works.
The confirmed number becomes the current version number in the control. Wait for confirmation before starting a rewrite. If the interface says Couldn't create a version, the control keeps its previous number. Try again when the service is available.
Create version is also available through the command palette and saves the same kind of checkpoint.
Find the version you need
Open Version to load Version history. Entries show the version number, the person associated with it, and the time it was created. Entries may also include a word count and a change summary.
A version number identifies a checkpoint, not a count of edits.
Older documents can show No saved versions yet. If expected entries are missing after a connection problem, close and reopen the menu to reload them. An empty history list does not mean the document's contents were deleted.
Restore an earlier draft
Coordinate with teammates who are actively editing before restoring. A restore changes the live shared document rather than creating a separate branch of the draft.
- Open Version.
- Select the earlier version in Version history.
- Read Restore to version and check the number in the confirmation.
- Choose Restore to proceed, or cancel to keep the document unchanged.
Livemark saves the current state as a version before restoring the selected content. Open editors receive the restored content through their collaboration connection. The restoring person's document chat also receives a system record that the content changed.
The current number can advance after restoration. The checkpoint taken before the restore remains in history.
Recover from a mistaken restore
Open version history again and find the checkpoint taken before the restore. Its summary identifies the restoration it preceded. Restore that checkpoint if you need to return to the draft you had immediately beforehand.
When the saved collaborative snapshot is available, restoration preserves document structure and annotations such as comment marks. Older versions, or versions whose snapshots have expired, fall back to their saved Markdown. That fallback restores the words but cannot recover the annotations from the missing snapshot.
If the live document cannot be restored, Livemark reports that nothing changed and asks you to try again shortly. For an individual applied edit, use its Undo control rather than restoring the entire document.
Read the activity history
Open Activity in the document's side panel, or choose Show activity in the command palette. The feed shows the newest events first and updates as work happens. Select Load more to read older entries.
Events identify the person behind a browser action. Agent activity identifies Livemark acting for a person and, when available, the connected client. Hover a relative timestamp to see the full date and time. Entries can include review answers, author changes, version summaries, suggestion details, and quoted discussion.
The feed has no filters, restore actions, or Accept and Reject controls. Return to Version to restore a checkpoint or Suggestions to decide on an edit. Activity entries do not save a snapshot of every keystroke.