Work with Content Permissions


After completing this topic, you will be able to use content permissions.


Steps:

  1. The Permission column shows that you have Modify rights to the documents in this folder.

    Step 1

  2. Open the Charts folder.

     

    Click the Charts list item.

    Step 2

  3. The Permission column shows that you have List rights to the documents in this folder.

    Step 3
  4. Open one of the topics in the Charts folder.

     

    Double-click the Changing the Plot Direction list item.

    Step 4

  5. You are informed that you do not have permission to open the document.

     

    Click the OK button to close the Insufficient Permissions message box.

    Step 5
  6. Open the Worksheet Appearance folder.

     

    Click the Worksheet Appearance list item.

    Step 6

  7. The Permission column shows that you have Read rights to the documents in this folder.

    Step 7
  8. Check out a topic.

     

    Click the Using the Comma Style list item.

    Step 8

  9. Click the Check Out button.

    Step 9
  10. Check out the selected topic only.

     

    Click the OK button.

    Step 10
  11. A message box opens informing you that the check out process could not check out all of your documents. View the activity log.

     

    Click the View activity log link.

    Step 11
  12. The activity log informs you that you do not have permission to perform the action. Close the activity log.

     

    Click the Close button.

    Step 12
  13. Click the OK button to close the Partial Check Out message.

    Step 13
  14. Although you cannot check out a Read document, you can open it to view its contents.

     

    Double-click the Using the Comma Style topic to open it.

    Step 14

  15. The document opens Read-Only. You can modify the document and save a copy.

    Step 15

  16. We have applied bolding to the words "Comma Style" in the Introduction frame. Save the topic.

     

    Click the Save button.

    Step 16
  17. You do not have permission to override the checkout on this document.

     

    Click the OK button to close the Insufficient Permissions message.

    Step 17

  18. The Save As dialog box opens allowing you to save a copy of the read-only document.

     

    However, you cannot save a copy to the Worksheet Appearance folder since you have only Read permission for that folder.

    Step 18
  19. You can save a copy of the document to a folder for which you have Modify permissions. Select another folder.

     

    Click the Save in list.

    Step 19
  20. Select a folder for which you have Modify permissions.

     

    Click the Introduction folder.

    Step 20

  21. Click the Save button.

    Step 21
  22. Close the topic.

     

    Click the Close button.

    Step 22
  23. View the Excel outline.

     

    Click the Excel Skills_Lunch & Learn tab.

    Step 23

  24. We have switched to the Details view in the Outline Editor and added the Permission column to the view. Notice that the outline contains content with mixed permissions; Modify, Read, and List.

    Step 24
  25. Switch to the Player view.

     

    Click the View list button.

    Step 25

  26. Click the Player view list item.

    Step 26
  27. Select a topic for which you have Read permission.

     

    Click the Scaling a Worksheet topic.

    Step 27

  28. Notice that you can view the contents in the Concept and Introduction panes.

    Step 28
  29. Select a topic for which you have List permission.

     

    Click the Changing the Plot Direction topic.

    Step 29

  30. You do not have permission to view the content.

     

    Click the OK button to close the Insufficient Permissions message.

    Step 30
  31. The Concept and Introduction panes inform you that you do not have permissions to view the content.

    Step 31
  32. Publish the outline.

     

    Click the Publish button.

    Step 32

  33. We have skipped to the Formats page and selected a Player and LMS deployment. Publish the content.

     

    Click the Publish button.

    Step 33

  34. You are informed that not all of the content could be published.

     

    Click the Open the folder where the content was published option.

    Step 34

  35. Click the Finish button to open the content folder.

    Step 35
  36. Double-click the play.exe list item to launch the Player.

    Step 36
  37. Notice that the topics for which you have List permission did not publish.

    Step 37
  38. Step 38

After completing this topic, you will be able to use content permissions.

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