![]() | Commands that might be disabled when more than one person is editing a document |
When you are working in a document at the same time as another author, certain parts of the document might be blocked to you because they are being worked on by someone else. When a part of the document is blocked, the following commands are not available within the blocked part of the document.
Location | Commands that are unavailable |
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Home tab, Font group | Bold, Change Case, Clear Formatting, Font, Font Color, Font Size, Increase Font Size, Italic, Decrease Font Size, Strikethrough, Subscript, Superscript, Text Effects, Text Highlight Color, Underline |
Home tab, Paragraph group | Bulleted List, Numbered List, Multilevel List, Align Text Left, Align Text Right, Borders, Center Text, Decrease Indent, Increase Indent, Justify Text, Line Spacing, Sort |
Home tab, Styles group | All styles and style sets are unavailable. You cannot change the styles, colors, or fonts that are applied to text. |
Document Elements tab, all groups | You can insert headers and footers and cover pages. All other commands on the Document Elements tab are unavailable. |
Layout tab, Page Setup group | Breaks, Orientation |
Layout tab, Page Background group | Page Color |
Format tab, Arrange group | Position, Wrap Text, Bring Forward, Send Backward, Align (You can view gridlines, but you can’t change the alignment.) |
Format Picture tab, Arrange group | Position, Wrap Text, Bring Forward, Send Backward, Align (You can view gridlines, but you can’t change the alignment.) |
Other actions that are not available | Typing new text, inserting a page break, or making any insertions or deletions in the blocked area. |
File menu | Check Out |