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Versions

Version copies of a workbooks are snapshots that are intended to keep a record of the development progess of a workbook. They should made fairly often, at least before you make any major changes, so that you can always return to a known state (and certainly to the last known working version).

You cannot save a version of a shared workbook.

You can set your user and workbook prefences to make sure that information is updated before you save a version copy. However, you are not recommended to run the tests automatically before saving a version copy. If you choose this option, the version copy will not be saved unless all the tests are passed. You should make version copies frequently, without waiting until all the tests are passed.

You save a version copy by using the XLSior > Save > Save Version command. This may update the AutoDocumentation and run the tests, depending on your preferences, and then prompts you for a comment to add to the record of the version.

At this stage you can cancel the operation by clicking on the Cancel button. Otherwise you should enter a comment and click the OK button.

XLSior saves all version copies to the subdirectory Versions of the directory in which the original workbook is stored. If this subdirectory does not exist it is created.

The version copy is given the name of the original workbook with a suffix -rN-yymmddhhmm, where N is the next version number in the sequence and yymmddhhmm is the date and time of saving.

When you save a version copy the information on sheet X~Versions is updated. You should not edit this sheet; it is protected in order to stop you doing so. The list of sheets on sheet X~Sheets will be updated when the X~Versions sheet is added to your workbook.

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