Read-only mode

In the read-only mode, you cannot modify documents; you can only read them. There are many circumstances when you might work with documents in the read-only mode:

• If you have already checked out a document and then open another instance of the same document

• If you select Read Only in the Document Version Control dialog box (appears only if the Prompt for Checkout option is selected for the application)

• If you open:

  • A document that someone else has checked out

  • The final version of a document

  • A document that is under retention

You cannot add or delete new pages or page revisions, add annotations or redactions, or modify the document index for a read-only document. If you open a document as read-only and then decide to make changes to the document, assuming that another user has not checked out the document, you can check out the document by selecting Check Out from the Document menu.