Version notebooks
Noteable provides a powerful versioning control engine that allows both manual and automatic saving of document edits and empowers users to restore, share, and export previous versions of a document.
Versioning is important because it preserves a historical record of a document for audit purposes and allows users to roll back accidental changes.
Noteable provides the ability to share particular versions of a document making it possible to continuously update a document while also collaborating with team members. Learn more: Share notebook versions
Noteable automatically saves a version of your document every 30 seconds or every 100 edits, whichever comes first.
There are 3 ways to manually save a notebook version:
Using File menu
Using Version menu
Using hotkeys
To create a new notebook version using the File panel:
- 1.Go to the notebook.
- 2.Open the File menu.
- 3.Click Create Named Version...
- 4.Provide a Version Name.
- 5.Add a description, if desired.
- 6.Click Create.
To create a new notebook version using the Version panel:
- 1.Go to the notebook.
- 2.Open the Version panel by clicking on the clock icon () in the right sidebar.
- 3.Click the plus sign () in the upper right.
- 4.Provide a Version Name.
- 5.Add a description, if desired.
- 6.Click Create.
To create a new notebook version using hotkeys:
- 1.Go to the notebook.
- 2.Press Cmd/Ctrl + S (Mac/Windows).
- 3.Provide a Version Name.
- 4.Add a description, if desired.
- 5.Click Create.

Create a version
The manually created version will now appear in the version panel which is accessible by clicking on the clock icon (
) in the right sidebar.
Automatically and manually created versions are available in the version panel which is accessible by clicking on the clock icon (
) in the right sidebar.
From the panel, you may:
- Toggle the Version History button on an off to filter out the automatically created versions.
- Navigate between the Live Version and historical snapshots.
- Create a new version.
- Manage versions by hovering over the version until the () menu appears.
- Click on a version to view the snapshot content.
The options available to manage versions are:
- Rename versions: allows you to rename manually created versions or add specific names to automatically created versions
- Restore versions: allows you to restore a notebook to an earlier point-in-time snapshot.
- Download versions: allows you to download a snapshot of the notebook in
.ipynb
format. - Duplicate versions: allows you to create a new notebook from a particular snapshot in the space and project of your choice.
- Open in new tab: opens version in new tab for viewing and restoring.
- Share link: allows you to share a particular version of the notebook with others using the same permissions as the parent notebook (learn more: Share notebook versions)
Comments are not preserved when versions are downloaded and duplicated.

Manage versions
Restoring versions allows you to revert a notebook to a historical snapshot to recover from error.
To restore a notebook to a previous snapshot:
- 1.Go to the notebook.
- 2.Open the Version panel by clicking on the clock icon () in the right sidebar.
- 3.Pick the Version you want to restore from.
- 4.Either:
- Open the version and then click the Restore button the menu bar.
- Hover over the version until the () menu appears and then select Restore from the menu options.
- 5.Confirm selection.
When a version is restored, a new entry will appear in the version history with the word
(restored)
appended to the version name so that the history is preserved. 
Restore from snapshot
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