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SharePoint 2010 for Project Management, 2nd Edition
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SharePoint 2010 for Project Management, 2nd Edition

by Dux Raymond Sy
January 2012
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
230 pages
5h 53m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Workshop 5.1: Updating a Project Document

In this workshop, you will utilize SharePoint document management features for updating a project document for the case study project. You may have already practiced some of these steps in the overview sections of this chapter.

For fields and settings that aren’t mentioned in the workshop steps, accept the default settings.

Part 1: Requiring Check-Out

  1. From your SharePoint PMIS, access the Project Documents document library (Figure 5-8).

    Project Documents document library

    Figure 5-8. Project Documents document library

  2. In the Library Tools, Library ribbon, click the Library Settings button (Figure 5-9).

    Accessing Document Library Settings

    Figure 5-9. Accessing Document Library Settings

  3. The Document Library Settings page will be displayed (Figure 5-10). In the General Settings section, click “Versioning settings”.

    Accessing “Versioning settings”

    Figure 5-10. Accessing “Versioning settings”

  4. Select Yes for Require Check Out (Figure 5-11).

  5. Click OK.

    Check-out required

    Figure 5-11. Check-out required

Part 2: Checking Out and Editing a Document from the Document Library

Now that you have required check-out in your document library, let’s test this feature and edit a document.

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