Troubleshoot checked out Word, Excel, and PDF files
Scenario
You may get the following message when documents are not checked in correctly.
Message
You have this file checked out locally using the GoFileRoom ControlPanel. Do you want to discard your local changes and continue working with the version currently saved in GoFileRoom?
Selecting
YES
will override the local changes. Selecting NO
will keep the last save copied changes when editing. Solution
Take the following steps to check the documents back in correctly.
- Select theGoFileRoomtab in Word or Excel.
- SelectSave to GoFileRoom.
- In the GoFileRoom window, select one of the following save options.
- Save to GoFileRoom: If version control has been turned on for your firm, you can save the document as a new version. To do so, mark theAs new version (v2)checkbox and add a description.
- Save changes locally.
- Ignore changes.
- SelectOK.