Locking/unlocking a clause
In this article:
2 Clauses locked by other users
1 Locking a clause
- The Online Collaborative Authoring has been designed so that multiple people can edit the same document at the same time without getting in each other's way.
- When you are editing a clause, you will see the lock icon appear on the left of the clause:
- This means that no one else can edit the clause at the same time, and other users will see (in read-only mode) the clause as it was before you started editing it.
2 Clauses locked by other users
- Clauses that are locked for editing will appear greyed-out with a grey lock icon on the left of the clause:
Please Note
Clause 2 Normative references and the Bibliography are locked for editing to all users. See Add references in the normative references & bibliography clauses for further details.
- When you are finished editing, release the lock on the clause to publish your changes and enable others to view the new version of the clause and edit it.
3 Unlocking clauses
- To unlock your clause, click on the padlock of the clause.
- To unlock all clauses locked by you in the standard, go to
Please Note
ONLY leaders can unlock ALL locked clauses of the document.