Accepting or rejecting changes in topics

Last Updated : Apr 08, 2024 |

You can accept or reject changes in topics any time in Oxygen XML Author. For example, you might clear changes when you are ready to produce an output for a final delivery or if you want to clear any changes after a draft delivery and start tracking new changes.

About this task

Important:

You must resolve any changes in topics before you deliver content to Localization or produce a final output.

Before you begin

Change tracking is enabled and changes made to the content.

Procedure

Check out the topic that has changes you want to resolve.
Do one of the following options:
- To accept all of the changes in the topic, from the toolbar or Edit > Review, click Accept all changes.
- To reject all of the changes in the topic, from the toolbar or Edit > Review, click Reject all changes.
- To move through the changes and accept or reject them individually, click Accept Changes and Move to Next or Reject Changes and Move to Next for each change.
If you want to change whether additional changes you make are tracked, you can enable or disable change tracking.

Alternatively, you can perform the following steps to accept or reject changes.
To open the Review window, do one of the following:
- Click Edit > Review > Manage reviews.
- Right-click and select Review > Manage reviews.
- Click Window > Review.
In the Review window, click (down arrow), for each change, click Accept or Reject.
Check in the topic.