Check Out a File with the Microsoft Office Vault Add-in

Checking out a file with the Microsoft Office Vault Add-in copies the file version in the vault to your local working folder.

Once a file is checked out, it can be edited. Only one member of a team can check out a file at one time. No one else can modify a checked out file until it has been checked back into the vault.

Note: The check out command is only available if the selected file is the latest version or if the file has been edited out of turn. To check out the specific revision of a file, use the Get Revision command.

• Click Check Out on the Vault ribbon.

  The latest version of the file in the Vault is checked out to you.

  If the version you have open is newer than the version in the vault, you are asked if you want to overwrite the currently open version.

Note: Use the Vault client or Vault Office client to see who has a file checked out. This information can be obtained from the User Name column.