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Go to File > History. Note: If you don't see History on your navigation pane it's possible that you actually have a subscription version of Microsoft 365. Select the Info button on the navigation pane and see if you can access Version History there. Select a version to open it in a separate window.

File versioning can help track and monitor changes made to your files over time. This can be useful for auditing purposes and for tracking the progress of a project. It's particularly helpful when you're working on a document with multiple people, as you can see who made what changes and when.

The version number should appear on any document title page, and also in the header or footer of each page. To ensure against the accidental loss of final versions of records, a read-only tag can also be applied. Should any changes to this document be made, the user will be prompted to save the file with a new title.

Numbering each version helps to distinguish one version from another. It may be suitable, simply to number each version, regardless of the changes, using consecutive whole numbers e.g. V 1.0; V 2.0; V 3.0 etc. to track which version of the document is being worked on.

Numbering each version helps to distinguish one version from another. It may be suitable, simply to number each version, regardless of the changes, using consecutive whole numbers e.g. V 1.0; V 2.0; V 3.0 etc. to track which version of the document is being worked on.

2 Use a version control system A version control system is a software application that helps you track and manage the changes made to your documents over time. It allows you to create and save different versions of your documents, compare and merge them, and restore them when needed.

A document version represents the structure of the document and its contents at a specific point in its history. A content version is an artifact that represents a record of the content item at a specific point in its history.

Version control systems are most commonly run as stand-alone applications, but revision control is also embedded in various types of software, such as word processors and spreadsheets, collaborative web docs, and content management systems, e.g., Wikipedia's page history.

Rewriting is starting from scratch, whereas revising means making incremental changes. The revision process includes three stages of editing: the structural edit, the copy edit, and proofreading.