Contact Manager Users Guide

Digital File - Now Checked Out Dialog

The "Now Checked Out" dialog provides you with a quick, easy way to manage the digital items that are currently locked for your exclusive editing. Using iKE, you check out a digital item simply by double-clicking it. Once checked out, no one but you can make changes to the digital item.

Double-clicked digital items are listed in the "Now Checked Out" dialog. Once you've finished your editing, click the green checkmark next to the item. iKE will update the digital item in the digital file and then release your edit lock.

If you double-click on a digital item that someone else is editing, iKE will notify you who has the item checked out. You can then view a read-only version of the digital item, but you will not be able to save any changes to that item. And since someone else has checked out the item, it will not be added to your "Now Checked Out" dialog.

If you check out a digital item and haven't made any changes to that item (or if you'd like to discard the changes you've made), click the red X next to the item and iKE will release your edit lock. Other users (that have access) can then check out the item for editing.

To see whether a digital item is edit-locked by another user, you can right-click on the item and select the Properties menu item. The item's status is listed at the top of the Properties dialog.

Editing digital items while offline