6.7. Require Check Out
As I've mentioned before, a document that is marked Checked Out (in a standard view a checked out document is indicated by a green arrow on the bottom-right corner of the Document Type icon) is set to be read only for everyone but the person who checked the item out. When you check out a document, you are allowed to edit it, but no one else is until it's checked back in.
Requiring Check Out is a good thing. In the previous version, Check Out was voluntary, users could choose to check out a document, but they could also forget to check it out as well. With this version, Check Out can be configured to be required. If it is set, then users cannot open a document without explicitly choosing to check it out for editing (which ...
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