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SharePoint 2013 WCM Advanced Cookbook

By : JOHN CHAPMAN
Book Image

SharePoint 2013 WCM Advanced Cookbook

By: JOHN CHAPMAN

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (19 chapters)
SharePoint 2013 WCM Advanced Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Checking out publishing content for editing


Checking out an item in SharePoint provides the user with an exclusive lock to prevent the editing of that item. This prevents multiple users from making modifications at the same time. In this recipe, we will check out the publishing page we created in the Creating a publishing web part page recipe.

How to do it...

Follow these steps to check out a publishing page:

  1. Navigate to the SharePoint list or library that contains the item to be checked out in your preferred web browser.

    Tip

    In our example, we will be using the Pages library and the publishing page we created in the Creating a publishing web part page recipe.

  2. Select the item by clicking on the checkmark on the item.

  3. Select Check Out from the FILES tab in the ribbon as shown in the following screenshot:

How it works...

Checking out an item in a SharePoint list or library flags it with a checked out status. This prevents other users from modifying the item. A user with a manage lists or higher role...