Editing a file that is configured as Check Out Required
When you click a file in a library that is configured as Check Out
Required, the relevant application opens and displays the contents of
the file. In Word 2007, Excel 2007, or PowerPoint 2007 and later, you
will see a warning message at the top of the document as shown in Figure 3,
stating that you have to check out the file in order to edit it. You
can close the warning message by clicking the X icon to the right of
the message. In the title bar of the application, (Read Only) is
appended to the name of the file.
In
Visio, there is no visual indication that the file must be checked out;
however, as with other office applications, when you display the
Backstage view, you are notified that checkout is required, as shown in
Figure 4. Therefore, in Visio, unless you display the Backstage view, it is not obvious that checkout is required.
If you do not check out a Visio file when checkout is required, you
can modify the draft copy of the file, then when you try to save the
Visio file, a warning message is displayed at the top of the document,
as shown in Figure 5.
When an upload has failed, then a Resolve menu is displayed on the Info tab in the Backstage view in Visio, as shown in Figure 6. The Resolve menu provides the options: Check Out & Upload, Save A Copy, and Discard Changes.
