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:
To manually unlock one or more 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.
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