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Note: You may not have access to MindManager's online features. However, if you have a MindManager Plus, Mindjet for Business, or ProjectDirector account, you can turn on MindManager's online features using Options. Creating a version (or "versioning") is a way to freeze a file, and create a "backup" copy of it that is unaffected by subsequent editing. This lets you keep static copies of the document as it exists at different points in the edit cycle. If you cut something from the current version, you can go back to a previous version and find that content. If you need to jettison the current version, you can revert to the previous version. Version control and collaborationMindManager supports collaborative editing by allowing multiple users to edit a map or other file stored online in Mindjet's cloud. Versioning offers individual users a way to create a separate copy of the file that is stored online each time they make revisions and attach a comment to the file about the changes made to it. The comments you attach to each version are critical. The clearer the comments, the more useful the versioning will be to you and to other users. Versions you create a read-only, but you can save them locally for editing. How it worksYou'll be offered the option to create a version when you edit a map or file, but you can create a version at any time. For example:
What if you don’t like the changes you made to MyMap.mmap? You can go back to MyMap.mmap, Version 1.0 by reverting the working copy to that version. This version becomes the current working copy that you can access from the Files list. You can create many versions of a file, giving you many snapshots of the document at specific points in its evolution. |
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Before you start creating versions of a file, you might want to see if the file already has versions. Versions are visible to all users with Edit access to a file.
To view a file’s Versions list:
In the Mindjet Files window Files list, select the file whose versions you want to show.
In the lower pane, click the Versions tab.
The Versions list displays:
The version number (automatically assigned)
The date and time when the version was created
Who created the version
Comments added by the version creator
You can create a version of a map or file at any time, and when you check in maps or files you are offered this option.
To create a version:
In the Mindjet Files window Files list, select the file you want to version.
Do one
of the following:
| On the Mindjet Files ribbon, click New Version. | OR | In the Versions tab at the bottom of the window, click New Version. |
In the New Version dialog, enter a comment that will help you distinguish this version from the current working copy and other future versions.
Click OK.
You'll see the new version appear in the Versions list. You can view this version, and you can revert the working copy to this version to edit it.
You can open Versions in read-only mode so you can quickly scan through them to find content, or identify which one you want to revert to.
To view a Version:
In Mindjet Files window Files list, select the file whose versions you want to view, and then click the Versions tab at the bottom of the window.
In the Versions list, select the version you want to view, and then click View.
If the version is a map, it opens in the MindManager mapping window. The map status indicator at upper-left shows that the map is Read-Only, and displays the version number.
If the version is not a map, it opens in read-only mode in its associated application.
If you want to refer to a previous version, you can create a link that you can paste into a map, document, or email message:
In Mindjet Files window Files list, select the file whose version you want to refer to, and then click the Versions tab at the bottom of the window.
In the Versions list, select the version you want to link to, and then click Copy Link.
You can paste the link into a map, document, or email message. When someone clicks the link the version will open in read-only mode for viewing.
You can make a local copy of a version for your own use by downloading the version. The version becomes an independent file on your system with no connection to its source document online. You can edit the downloaded file.
In the Mindjet Files window Files list, select the file whose version you want to download, and then click the Versions tab at the bottom of the window.
In the Versions list, right-click the version you want to download, and then click Download version.
Select a location for the downloaded file, and then click Save.
The file is saved to the location you selected, and opens automatically. Maps open in MindManager desktop, other files open in their associated applications.
To resurrect a previous version of the file and make it the current
working copy, you revert to that version. Once you have reverted,
you can edit the file. You cannot revert a file to a previous version
if it is checked out (indicated by 
in the Files list).
In the Mindjet Files window Files list, select the file you want to revert.
(Optional) create a version of your current working copy:
In the Versions tab, click New Version.
In the New Version dialog, enter a comment to distinguish this version from the version you will revert to.
Click OK.
In the Versions tab versions list, select the version you want to use as your working copy. (Remember, you can View the versions if you aren't sure which one to revert to.)
Click Revert.
The version you reverted to is now the current working copy.
Deleting will remove the version permanently from the list of versions.
To delete a Version:
Select the file with the version you want to delete.
In the Versions list, select the version you wish to delete, and click Delete.
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