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Locking and Unlocking Items

When a user opens an item in SMART, it is automatically locked to other users. This means other users can view it but cannot save changes to it. This prevents situations in which two users attempt to edit the same item simultaneously.

Users with the required permissions can also lock items manually, without opening them, to ensure that no one changes them. In this case, the lock is not canceled until it is unlocked manually.

Note: Changes to items cannot be applied in SpeechMiner if the items are locked. Although changes to Programs can be applied even if one or more of their component Topics are locked, it is highly recommended to avoid doing so.

To manually lock one or more items:

1. In the tree list, select the items.
2. Right-click and then select Lock [item type].

To manually unlock one or more items:

1. In the tree list, select the items.
2. Right-click and then select Unlock [item type]. For each selected item, if you are the user who locked the item, it is unlocked immediately. Otherwise, a confirmation prompt appears for each item:
3. Select Yes to unlock the item. The item is unlocked. If additional locked items were selected, a prompt appears for the next item. Repeat the process until you have confirmed the unlocking of all the selected items.

   Note: If you want to unlock all of the selected items without confirming a prompt for each one, select Apply to All before you select Yes.

See also

Logging In
Overview of the Main Window
Organizing Items Hierarchically
Inserting Special Characters
Saving and Applying Changes