Introduction
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The Project Tab is the first page you will see when you open any project. It shows you all the different versions of the Bill, Statutory Instrument, Church Measure etc. that you have access to within the project. There are different kinds of versions shown on the Project Tab: working versions, snapshots and significant versions |
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Working versions are organised within folders |
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. This page explains more about the different versions and how you can organise them and rename them. |
What do we mean by “working version”, “snapshot” and “significant version”?
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A working version is an unpublished document that you can view and edit. Working versions are only ever visible to users in one organisation: the organisation of the user that created the document. But access to a particular working version may be restricted further. For each working version, Lawmaker also stores a series of related snapshot versions. A snapshot version is a read-only, point-in-time snapshot of the working version. Snapshots are created automatically when certain actions are carried or when the user requests that a snapshot be created. Snapshots are created when you:
Lawmaker also stores the auto-saved version of any document you are working on as a snapshot. Each time you save a working version, Lawmaker creates a backup snapshot (overwriting the existing backup) so if the master document gets corrupted in the save process, the backup can be used to restore the document. |
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Working with the Project Tab
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Layout
All working versions are shown on the left of the screen. They are divided up into one or more folders. The folders are arranged alphabetically.
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Each green tile within a folder is a working version. The working versions are also arranged alphabetically.
Clicking on the black triangle next to the working version description will expand the view to show all snapshot versions relating to that working version. Clicking it again will collapse the view so only the working version is visible.
All significant versions are shown on the right of the screen.
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