How do I check out a document in SharePoint 2013?

We recently upgraded our company to Office 365 from Google Apps (more details in another post). Our colleagues from Marketing Department never used SharePoint in real production so I received an interesting question: “Toni, how do I lock a document so no one can change it while I do?”

The answer is, you need to perform check out. Here is how you can do this in SharePoint 2013:

1. Check out a document in SharePoint 2013

Check out document in SharePoint 2013



 2. Check out a document from Word 2013 (or 2010)

Check out document Word 2013 - Step 1

Check out document Word 2013 - Step 2


Comments

One response to “How do I check out a document in SharePoint 2013?”

  1. Once checked out, how do you access the document to make edits?


Hey there! I’m Toni, the Co-Founder and CEO of Syskit, creators of Syskit Point and SPDocKit. Welcome to Toni on Tech, where we explore the ever-evolving world of software, technology, and business.