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Easy Locking a Story
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Easy Locking a Story
Easy lock a story when you want to limit other people’s access to that story while you are
working in it or reading it. Easy lock limits access to your user name. This means that only
someone signed on with your user ID can open the story after it has been easy locked.
Remember, though, that your system administrator can access your locked story.
To easy lock a story:
1. Open the queue containing story with which you want to work.
For more information, see
“Opening a Queue” on page 62.
2. Open story, placing focus inside the story.
3. Select Tools > Lock Story.
The User Lock Story dialog box opens.
4. Click Easy Lock to restrict access to your user name.
5. Click Lock.
Edit Locking a Story
When you make changes to a story, it is automatically placed in edit lock mode. However, you
can also edit lock a story while reading it so that no one else can make changes to the story. For
example, if a producer is reading a story and does not want the writer to make any changes while
the review is in progress, the producer can edit lock the story during the review and unlock it
when the review is complete.
Segment edit lock (SEL) is an extension of story edit lock. You can now lock the story body and
production cues independently from the story form. The lock for the story body and production
cues is called the "body lock," and the edit lock for the form is called the "form lock." These
locks are applied automatically when a user begins editing the story in these sections.