I am able to upload document and then edit it directly from the library in desktop app. You will not get helpful error messages. Hi Girish, I could post it there and might do so, but the question has two attack vectors. I tried to create new libraries on different web sites within one site collection , upload document there and try to edit it. I understand this may not be possible but if you don't ask then you don't get.
You give yourself Edit permissions. And after the back up the site was locked somehow. I can restore the previous version, but how can I make the document read-only and restrict update access to a limited, but greater than one, number of users? A better solution might be to try to capture the information on the Word document as data in a list and showing the list item columns on the form. As described , you can call the RemoveAll method on the RoleDefinitionBindings without such side effects. Only in web browser is possible edit document. I'm only basing this on your suggestion solving the problem.
I believe data connections or external links will do this. SharePoint Online Problem But what about SharePoint Online. Click on it and create a new policy with below settings. Then they can open your document but can't edit it in place. Requirement: Make a Field Read Only in SharePoint Online List How to Set a List Field to Read Only in SharePoint Online using PowerShell? We use SharePoint online, I've recently upgrading to Office 2016 and have noticed this happening and I have Admin priviliges so I don't think it is a SharePoint permissions thing on the library side. I posted here because I prefer to work within a product Office 365, Word not within the infrastructure SharePoint.
Use this if you want to lock site collection. Read only access to file attachments! The employees needed the ability to edit the documents and be able to open them in Office Online by default, but during testing we noticed that employees were unintentionally modifying files in Office Online. Otherwise the settings are the same and I have full ownership to all of them. I have some code in one of my blog posts which iterates through all the sites on a farm looking for a specific list, it could be tweaked to look for all document libraries as well: Hope this helps, Mark Hi, Mark's advice surely helped me to lock existing libraries. You might want to post this in the Word or Excel forums though my guess is that this something you'll have to do through SharePoint : Michael Herzfeld Microsoft Office Online Senior Software Engineer You do it through permissions.
In SharePoint on-premise, this was primarily done via central administration or using powershell. NoAccess Prevents access to content completely. During the sharepoint backup, the site collections are set to read only. I have a custom list in SharePoint: Fields: Column1, Column 2 for attachments. Articles written on this blog are from my experience for my own reference and to help others. The valid lock states are Unlock Unlocks the site collection and makes it available to users NoAdditions Prevents users from adding new content to the site collection. Make sure no fields have been made required.
I just found that there is problem with OneDrive and synchronization. If you want to recruit, please contact the moderators first. If you have a more elegant solution on any of the topics discussed- please post a comment, I'll be happy to hear! Note: If you remove a Limited Access permission , or the corresponding role assignment , you will loose the permissions set explicitly for that user anywhere in the hierarchy below that level. Just two people out of twenty have this problem. Instead you could use Sql Server management studio to set it to read only without using the query commands.
We all use 3rd party products and even Microsoft Partners at times -- the moderators have no issues with recommendations in a thread where you believe the original poster could benefit. Hello, have you tried different computer? It is very easy if that requirement happens to be in SharePoint On-premise, we just go to the Central Admin and set the selected site collection as read only from under Locks and Quotas option. Do you have any idea what to do with it? I came across of your site searching for a solution for my test SharePoint. It says that the file is read only. This site uses cookies to personalize content, advertisements and to analyze traffic. Someone else editing in Excel Online will lock the file for anyone trying to open the file in the Excel client. Also other things that will make files read only with Sharepoint and OneDrive client are required fields.
I use computer with sync this library 2. Go to the Document Library settings, and then Permissions. Update This seems to have resolved our issue. Perhaps the combination of the Office15 and Office16 credentials were the cause of the issue? I invoke the Replace-Permissions function once for the document library, then once for each folder and document having its own unique role assignments. Even for site collection admin. Just something to look at, not sure if that would trigger Excel to open in read-only and make the user switch to edit mode manually. We have own Content type on this library but I just try to edit document directly from library and it is not possible.
Classic SharePoint gives us the ability to click a couple ellipses and then View in Browser. I like your beer idea. I just found that there is problem with OneDrive and synchronization. It's all speculation after the fact. Everyone else gets Read Only. We do not use any policies at all.