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Anders Linner
Jul 17, 2020Copper Contributor
Office documents in a SharePoint Library opens in Read Only mode, when opened with Office Desktop
Hi, We are experiencing a rather complex bug/issue in SharePoint which we cannot seem to figure out. We cannot find any forum posts covering this exact issue either. Symptom: When opening a...
- Jul 17, 2020
Hello Anders Linner
I found this artice: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/troubleshoot/lists-and-libraries/files-open-as-read-only-and-cannot-check-in-or-out
Maybe that is a hint. If not I'm afraid you need to open a support ticket.
I hope it helps
Cheers
Rolf
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Rolf-42
Jul 17, 2020Iron Contributor
Hello Anders Linner
I found this artice: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepoint/troubleshoot/lists-and-libraries/files-open-as-read-only-and-cannot-check-in-or-out
Maybe that is a hint. If not I'm afraid you need to open a support ticket.
I hope it helps
Cheers
Rolf
#MCT #LearnWithRolf #TheCloud42
- Anders LinnerJul 20, 2020Copper Contributor
Thanks Rolf-42! Yours and our cloud support's responses solved it:
Draft Item Security
- Browse to the document library that you want to configure.
- In the toolbar, on the Library tab, in the Settings group, choose Library Settings.
- In General Settings, choose Versioning settings.
- In Draft Item Security select Any user who can read items (default).