Compare two versions #

This page is for editors and approvers who need to see exactly what changed: before approving a change, when a resident says the page used to say something else, or when checking a colleague's correction. The versions page of an object compares versions field by field (Versions of an object, 2).

Contents #

1. Before you start
2. Steps
3. Check the result
4. Pitfalls

Before you start #

• You may read the versions you compare and have the policy content/diff (otherwise Compare is not shown).
• Someone else's draft or pending version needs content/versionread.

Steps #

One version against the current one:

1. Open the page, Manage versions.
2. On the version's card, press Compare. (On the current version's card, it compares with the newest other version you may read.)

Any two versions:

1. On the versions page, under Compare two versions, choose the older and the newer version and the translation.
2. Press Show differences.

The differences are shown above the list: as inline changes, as block changes, or the old or the new version alone. Filter the list first by Status (Archived) or Creator to find versions quickly.

Check the result #

• To do: The comparison names the two versions and the translation.
• To do: Changed fields are marked; unchanged fields are not.

Pitfalls #

Related pages #

• Publishing tasks
• Restore an earlier version
• Check who changed a page
• Free documentation: this page is free to copy, translate and improve under the GNU FDL 1.3.