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Checking in and checking out files

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Click the File Management icon in the Document window toolbar, then select Check 
In or Check Out from the pop-up menu.

If you check out the currently active file, the currently open version of the file is overwritten 
by the new checked-out version. If you check in the currently active file, the file may be 
automatically saved before it’s checked in, depending on the preference options you’ve set (see 

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Undoing a file check-out

If you check out a file, then decide not to edit it (or decide to discard the changes you made), 
you can undo the check-out operation and the file returns to its original state.

To undo a file check-out, do one of the following:

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Open the file in the Document window, then select Site > Undo Check Out.

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In the Files panel (Window > Files), right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Macintosh), 
then select Undo Check Out.

The local copy of the file becomes read-only, and any changes you’ve made to it are lost.

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If the current file is not part of the current site in the Files panel, Dreamweaver 
attempts to determine which locally defined site the current file belongs to. If the 
current file belongs to only one local site, Dreamweaver opens that site, then 
performs the check in or check out operation.