Timeline
The Timeline is a feature in the Contributor Editor that provides an interface for snapshot comparison. Available snapshots are shown in a timeline from which you choose the two snapshots to be compared. Orange vertical change bars show which sections that have been changed in the latest selected snapshot version. To be able to access this feature, you have to be a reviewer or higher, see User Types.
The timeline interface consists of two panels:
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Preview (to the left) shows the difference between the two compared snapshots.
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Timeline (to the right) shows the topic activities over time. This is where you choose the snapshots to be compared.
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The timeline differs from the comparison feature in the Review View and Edit View, where you can use:
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Edit View to see the changes and update the live content while comparing, see Compare Contributions.
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Review View to see the changes and add feedback comments while comparing, see Compare Reviews.
The difference is that instead of comparing two archived snapshot versions, you compare the live content with a snapshot version.
When the Timeline is activated, a toolbar is displayed above it.
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Filter items in timeline to narrow down the information shown in the timeline history. -
Select the language used when viewing content. -
Download a PDF showing the differences between the selected snapshot versions. From the dropdown menu you can specify which PDF layout to
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Switch timeline view to swap the position of the preview and timeline panels. -
Enlarge preview to hide the timeline and show the preview panel in fullscreen mode. -
Reload the timeline -
Compare generates the comparison between the two selected snapshot versions. -
Close to exit the timeline.
To access the Timeline, the Contributor Editor must be opened.
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Select the assignment in the Assignments Panel.
The Assignment Types control which view opens up.
Tip
For alternative ways to open an assignment, see Different Ways to Open Assignments.
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Select Settings.
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Select Show timeline.
The Timeline is a feature in the Contributor Editor that provides an interface for snapshot comparison. A snapshot is an archived version of the content at a particular point in time and useful when you compare different versions. This means that the content can not be edited only viewed. To be able to choose snapshots, there must be snapshots automatically or manually created from previous versions.
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To create snapshots in Contributor Editor , you have to be a contributor, author or administrator, see User Types.
Tip
If you need to add feedback comments or update the content while comparing, you can use:
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Edit View to see the changes and update the live content while comparing, see Compare Contributions.
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Review View to see the changes and add feedback comments while comparing, see Compare Reviews.
The difference is that instead of comparing two archived snapshot versions, you compare the live content with a snapshot version.
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Select the assignment in the Assignments Panel.
The Assignment Types control which view opens up.
Tip
For alternative ways to open an assignment, see Different Ways to Open Assignments.
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Select Settings.
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Select Show timeline.
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Select the checkbox for the first snapshot version you like to use in the comparison.
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Select the checkbox for the snapshot version to compare against.
The choices made are shown below the toolbar.
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By clearing the checkboxes, you can redo the selection.
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Select Compare in the toolbar to generate the comparison.
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Select Table of Contents to easily see where the changes are made.
Orange vertical change bars show which sections that have been changed in the latest selected version.
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Select X to close the timeline.
You can download the snapshot comparison as a PDF.
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With the snapshot comparison active.
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Select a default PDF layout from the Download dropdown menu. ⌄
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Select Download in the toolbar to generate the PDF.
The PDF is prepared and downloaded to your computer.
