Alternate chapter versions
Try another direction without replacing the chapter used in your book.
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Try another version
- Open the chapter and choose Versions. Main version is the text currently used in the book.
- Choose Try another version. If you are viewing an alternate, the new version starts from that selected draft; otherwise it starts from the main version.
- Name the version and edit it in the version editor. Let pending saves finish before switching or closing.
Make a version the main one
- Read the alternate draft and confirm it is the direction you want in the manuscript.
- Choose Make main version. The previous main version is saved as another version, rather than silently discarded.
- Return to the main editor and check the chapter in context.
Versions are not independent backups
Versions belong to the World. They are useful for creative alternatives, not a replacement for exporting the project. A lost local browser World can lose its versions too, so keep external copies.