Working in Exclusive Mode

If you open a file using Exclusive mode, other uses can open the file only in Read Only mode.

In Exclusive mode, changes are not saved to a file until you use either the Save or the Save As command. This means that you can abandon your changes at any time by closing the file without saving the information.

You cannot perform Save As on a file if there is another file open which refers to it. For example, if you open project CLEAN and then try to perform a Save As on the calendar file CLEANCAL, you receive the following warning message: "Cannot perform Save As on Calendar File CLEANCAL because there are open objects referring to it." Because CLEAN refers to CLEANCAL, you need to close the project before you can perform Save As on CLEANCAL.

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