Writing Studio

Restore the whole book or a single file

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Pulling content back from history — three restore paths: whole-book, single-file, single-passage.

Slima Writing Studio editor as a visual reference: left file tree / centre editor with format toolbar / right Notes panel

Before anything: you can never lose your current version

The thing to remember before you click restore: Slima automatically creates a version of your current content before doing the restore.

So restore is "walk back to", not "overwrite". If the older version isn't better after all — restore from that auto-backup and you're back where you started.

Path 1: whole-book restore

The most common case: roll the entire book back to an older version.

How

  1. Open the version control panel
  2. Find the target version (e.g. "revision pass 1")
  3. Click "Restore this version"
  4. A confirm dialog: "About to restore to 'revision pass 1'. Your current content will first be saved as 'Auto-backup before restore.'"
  5. Confirm → whole book reverts

Notes

  • Restore is whole-book — every file moves to that state
  • Versions you created after the target are not lost — they stay on the timeline below the editor
  • "Restore this version" works the same from inside the preview view

Path 2: single-file restore

Want to restore just one chapter without touching the others?

How

  1. Open the version control panel
  2. Click the source version (enter preview)
  3. Right-click the file in the file tree → "Restore only this file to current"
  4. That file reverts to the older content; everything else stays

Slima still auto-creates a backup version before doing this.

When this helps

  • The AI ruined Chapter 8 but you're happy with the Chapter 1 edits from yesterday — restore Chapter 8 only
  • You deleted a file and want it back — open an old version's preview, right-click → restore

Path 3: single-passage restore

The finest grain: pull a specific passage from an older version into the current one.

How

  1. Enter preview of the older version
  2. Select the passage
  3. Right-click → "Copy to current version"
  4. Switch back to current, paste where you want

This isn't really "restore" — it's "copy across versions". Just that passage moves.

Remember: the current version is always backed up

Before every restore, Slima makes a version called "Auto-backup before restore". So restore is always reversible:

  • Walk back, didn't like it → restore from "Auto-backup before restore"
  • Switching between old and new for comparison → keep flipping previews

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