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Canceling file checkout from Trados GroupShare

As an assigned user, you may want to cancel the checkout of a file from a Trados GroupShare server-based project if you accidentally checked it out or if you decide you want to discard the changes you made locally.

Procedure

  1. Go to the Files view, right-click the file for which you want to cancel the checkout, and then select Cancel check out.
  2. If you have made any local changes, you are asked if you want to overwrite those changes with the latest version on the Trados GroupShare server. Choose to:
    • Keep your local changes and the checkout is canceled, but the local copy retains the changes you have made.
    • Overwrite your local changes with the latest changes from the server and your local copy will revert back to the version you had initially downloaded from the server when you checked out the file.

    As a Project Manager with the Cancel Checkout permission, you can cancel someone else's check out. For more information about Trados GroupShare permissions, consult the Trados GroupShare Help.

    If you cancel someone else's check out and that user made changes to the file and saved them, the file with the saved changes is kept on the server. This way, the Project Manager can assign the file to another user to continue the work.

    Trados Studio does not automatically download the file's latest version for the Project Manager. The Project Manager can get the latest version of the file if they select it, and then select Download Latest Version, on the Home tab.