Version history

Papero keeps earlier versions of each document as you write. You can look back at them, save a version with a name before a big change, and restore an older version if you need to go back. Version history works the same on Free and Plus.

Open the version history

1. Open the document.
2. Press Document options, the three dots at the top right.
3. Choose Version history….

The Version history window lists the versions, newest first, grouped by day: Today, Yesterday, then the date. Each version shows its time, why it was kept, its word count and the date until which Papero keeps it.

You can open the history of a read-only document too, such as an archived one, to read its versions.

How Papero keeps versions

• Saved automatically: Papero keeps a version now and then while you write. It skips a version when nothing changed since the last one.
• Saved by you: a version you saved yourself without a name. A version you named shows its name instead.
• Before restoring: when you restore an older version, Papero first keeps the text you had, so you can go back.

Versions are not kept forever. Under each one, Kept until gives the date Papero deletes it. Named versions are deleted on that date too, so export anything you want to keep for longer. See Export to Word.

Space for versions is limited. When it runs short, the oldest automatic versions go first. Versions you saved yourself are never removed to make room.

Save a version

Save a version before a big edit, or before you send the draft to your supervisor.

1. Open Version history….
2. Type a name under Name (optional), such as "Before my supervisor’s comments". You can leave it empty.
3. Press Save a version.

Papero saves your latest changes first, so the version holds what you see. A document can keep a limited number of named versions. When it is full, Papero asks you to delete one before you save another.

Preview and restore a version

1. Choose a version in the list. Its text appears beside the list, read-only, under Preview: and the version's day and time.
2. Read it to make sure it is the one you want.
3. Press Restore this version.
4. Papero asks Restore this version? Your current version is kept in the history. Press Restore.

The document now holds the older text. Your text from just before the restore stays in the list as Before restoring.

A very old version may not have kept your section prompts. Papero warns you before you restore it: a heading that version does not have loses its prompt.

You cannot restore a version into an archived document. Restore the document from the archive first.

Delete a version

1. Choose the version in the list.
2. Press Delete this version.
3. Press Yes, delete. This cannot be undone.

The newest Before restoring version cannot be deleted: it is your way back from the last restore.

When something goes wrong

• Your version history is full. Delete older named versions to make room. Delete versions you no longer need, then try again.
• If Papero cannot save your latest changes, it does not save a version or restore one over them. Copy your text first, then reload the page.
• If your account is out of storage, a restore does not go through. Archive the documents you no longer need and delete them forever from the Archive to make room.
• If you open many versions in a short time, wait a minute and try again.

Who sees your versions

Your versions are private to your account. People you share a document with for comments see the document as it is now, never its saved versions. See Share and comment.

Next: share a document for comments.