Objects that are checked out from the repository can be edited on your local machine. From Publication Manager, you can check out topics that are part of an open publication and edit them in your XML authoring tool or you can check out a map and edit it directly in Publication Manager. You can check out objects from the Publication Manager or from within your editor. This topic describes how to check out from the Publication Manager.
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Important: When you check out topics from Publication Manager, you can only insert variables from libraries that have been added as resources to the publication. When you check out the object from XMetaL, you can insert a variable from any library, but you must remember to add the library to any publications that use the topic. If you have recently updated values in a variables library, the update values do not show in the referencing topics unless the topics are checked out from Publication Manager.