Version history

Before you restructure a chapter draft, capture a labeled version. If the rewrite goes wrong, preview the old version and restore it — Lar keeps a backup of the current state first, so the restore itself is reversible.

Automatic and manual versions

While you edit a body, Lar captures a version automatically at most once every five minutes and keeps the 30 most recent automatic versions for that body.

To capture a checkpoint yourself:

1. Open the Object’s details and expand Version history.
2. Choose + capture to save the current body now, or label… to name it first.
3. If you chose label…, type a label such as “before restructure” and choose Capture.

Preview a version

Choose preview on a version to read its text in Version preview without changing the live body. Check the timestamp and label before restoring; automatic versions can be close together.

Restore a version

1. Choose Restore on the version, or Restore this version from its preview.
2. Confirm in Restore this version?.

Before restoring, Lar saves the current body as a Pre-restore version, so you can switch back if you picked the wrong one.

Restore affects the body only. Properties, relations, and file attachments keep their current values. For whole-workspace protection, see Backup and restore.

Caution

delete on a version removes it permanently. It can’t be undone.

Version history versus undo

Use undo (Ctrl+Z) for recent steps in the current session. Use version history to return to an older checkpoint, a named milestone, or a state from before many later edits.

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