Viewing prior revisions

If the vault is configured to maintain history, you can view the prior revisions of a document. If not, you can only view the current released revision and the copy in progress, if any.

To view the prior revisions of a document:

Select the document for which you want to view prior revisions.

On the Document menu, select Show Revisions. The Revisions dialog box appears, similar to the following figure. The Revisions tab lists the prior revisions of the selected document. The Baselines tab lists the existing baselines that include specific revisions of the document.

Note If a revision of a document has hybrid document parts attached to it, plus and minus (+ and -) symbols will appear to the left of the document name similar to those shown in Navigation views. You can click these symbols to expand or collapse display of the hybrid document parts. The revisions of the hybrid document parts that are shown are the revisions that were effective when the main document part was released.

Select a revision and click buttons on the toolbar or right-click a revision and select commands from the shortcut menu to perform various actions using descriptions in the following tables.

Revisions dialog toolbar buttons
Button	Command	Description
	Open in Application	Opens the selected revision in the application registered in Windows for the revision’s file extension. The icon on this button is different for each file type. This example is for an AutoCAD drawing file. Prior revisions will be opened read-only.
	View Document	Opens the selected revision in a new viewer window.
	Compare	Select any two revisions and click this button compare the revisions graphically. See also Comparing documents.
	Properties	Opens a new window displaying the property pages of the selected revision. Prior revisions will be opened read-only.
		Display revisions as large icons, small icons, a list, or a detailed list, respectively.

Revisions dialog toolbar buttons

Button

Command

Description

Open in Application

Opens the selected revision in the application registered in Windows for the revision’s file extension. The icon on this button is different for each file type. This example is for an AutoCAD drawing file. Prior revisions will be opened read-only.

View Document

Opens the selected revision in a new viewer window.

Compare

Select any two revisions and click this button compare the revisions graphically. See also Comparing documents.

Properties

Opens a new window displaying the property pages of the selected revision. Prior revisions will be opened read-only.

Display revisions as large icons, small icons, a list, or a detailed list, respectively.

Shortcut menu commands
Shortcut Menu Command	Description
Compare	Select any two revisions and click this button to compare the revisions graphically. See also Comparing documents.
Revert to This Revision	Creates a copy of the selected revision as a new revision of the document, increments the revision number, and places the revision under change to you.
Restore This Part	Restores the selected revision of a hybrid document part to the current revision of the main document.

Shortcut menu commands

Shortcut Menu Command

Description

Compare

Select any two revisions and click this button to compare the revisions graphically. See also Comparing documents.

Revert to This Revision

Creates a copy of the selected revision as a new revision of the document, increments the revision number, and places the revision under change to you.

Restore This Part

Restores the selected revision of a hybrid document part to the current revision of the main document.

Related tasks

Viewing vault history

Creating a baseline

Comparing documents

Comparing document property values

Printing documents


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