Restoring Documents From The Sync Log

In a SmartSync environment you can use the sync log to retrieve earlier versions of documents. The sync log can also retrieve documents that were in the Recycle Bin in a non-SmartSync version of Working Papers.

Important: If you want to restore a document from the sync log, you must know the exact file name. Once you have retrieved the document name, you can restore the document to an earlier version.

Procedure

Note: The sync log lists the names of every file that has been modified in the sync session. Therefore, documents stuck in the now inaccessible recycle bin will also be listed in the sync log and cached within Working Papers.

1. Use the address bar in Working Papers to open the sync log by entering the address: cw:synclog.htm?alias=file.

   

2. Search through the sync log for the name of the file that you want to restore. You can scroll through the file or use Edit | Find.

   

3. Create a new document on the document manager with the exact file name as the document that was deleted.

   

4. Right-click the document you just created and select the Show Versions command.

   

5. Click the Show All Versions link in the Show Versions dialog to select an earlier version of the document and restore it.

   

6. With the version you want selected, click Set as Current | OK.

Results

The version of the document you selected to restore has replaced the new document you created in the document manager.

Related Topics

• Sync Log
• Filtering the Sync Log