Learn VersionPoint Open the test version

CourseAbout 94 minutesSelf-paced

Learn VersionPoint

Send a draft out for review, take every edit back as a decision, keep the notes out of the copies, and answer "why does this line read this way?" from the record.

Written for comms staff: the people who move press releases and other documents past subject matter experts. You'll need the VersionPoint test version open beside this page, in a second window or the other half of the screen.

Everything here is made up.

The course uses the test version's sample and a practice release, The Lake Shuttle. Never put a real document into the test version.

Practice files
  1. Lesson 0Before you start5 min

    What the test version is, what it keeps, and who does what in VersionPoint.

  2. Lesson 1Bring in a draft6 min

    Import a Word draft, give it a real title, and read its document page.

  3. Lesson 2Send a review copy6 min

    Make a review copy for one named reviewer, and know what it carries and what it leaves out.

  4. Lesson 3What your reviewer gets (Word)6 min

    Open the review copy the way Riley Planner will, and know what to tell a reviewer before they start.

  5. Lesson 4Bring it back6 min

    Take Riley Planner's returned file back into VersionPoint, and read what the app tells you about it.

  6. Lesson 5Approve each revision10 min

    Accept or reject each of Riley's five revisions, give a reason where it matters, and finish the round to make version 2.

  7. Lesson 6Notes that stay8 min

    Read, reply to, resolve, hide and add margin notes, and see why none of them ever goes out in a copy.

  8. Lesson 7Send a clean copy8 min

    Check the copy that leaves the office, fix what the check warns about with Edit it yourself, and download a clean copy marked with who it's for.

  9. Lesson 8The record7 min

    Answer why does this line read this way? from the paragraph history, older versions and the record, and keep a copy of it all in a project file.

  10. Lesson 9Trace a leak7 min

    Find out which copy a leaked release came from, and who you gave it to, from the hidden mark every copy carries.

  11. Final projectA full round on the practice release25 min

    Send the release to Sky Counsel in the Office of General Counsel, bring it back, decide every revision, and finish the release, on your own.