Modifying a Shared Layout

You can modify a shared layout by reserving it. Reserving a shared layout results in a copy of the shared layout available to you in the reserved category on the Name drop-down list. The original shared layout is still available to other users.

If you reserve a layout and then decide you do not want to change it, you can click the Unreserve icon. The original layout is available as a shared layout.

When you select a shared layout in edit mode and the layout has been reserved for editing by another user, the title bar indicates that the layout is reserved and user ID of the individual who reserved it. You cannot modify this shared layout.

When you select a shared layout in edit mode and the layout has been checked out of OMW, the title bar indicates that the token is held in a project. You cannot modify this shared layout.

To modify a shared layout:

1. Open the Composite Application Framework in edit mode.

2. Select the shared layout that you want to modify from the Shared category on the Name drop-down list.

3. Click the Reserve icon.

   This action makes a copy of the shared layout available for you to edit. The original shared layout is still available as a shared layout.

4. Make changes to content and layout as desired.

5. Save the layout by doing one of the following:

   1. Click Save.

      This option saves the change on the original layout.

   2. Click Save As.

      This option saves the change on a new layout and keeps the original layout intact as a personal layout.

      Important: You must save the layout before you click the Request to Publish icon. If you do not save the layout, your changes will be lost and the original layout without your changes will be placed in Pending Approval status.

6. Click the Request to Publish icon.

7. Close the framework edit mode.