Article Versions

Knowledge Advanced assigns version numbers to articles as major and minor values, separated by a decimal point. When you create and save an article, it is assigned either an initial version of 1.0, unless a workflow has been defined for the content type, in which case the version would be 0.1. Each subsequent update to an article results in a major version increment, for example, 1.0 to 2.0 for content types without a workflow. For content types with a configured workflow, the article increments in minor version numbers for each revision made through the workflow process.

For example, the first revision made to the content results in version 0.2 when the article is saved. When you translate an article, the initial translated version is designated as version 1.0, regardless of the version number of the master (original) article. You can edit the new localized version within that locale without effecting any version of the original article.

Compare Two Versions of an Article

You can compare a selected version of an article to any other versions of the same article. You compare article versions by selecting the version of interest, then selecting the version to compare it to in a parallel view.

Use the following procedure to compare versions of an article.

1. Open the article that you want to compare. You can open a previous version of an article by selecting History in the Info section of the article.

2. Select Side by Side View in the Info section.

   The Side by Side View page displays the article you selected, and the latest alternate version of the article. You can use the drop-down menu to compare other versions. You can select Compare Versions to view detailed comparison information, including highlighting of content changes and document properties.