## Edit a file

After you have registered your SSA PDM file, you may need to edit the file's contents in the original application.

NOTE

- You can only edit a file if the document to which the file is registered has the status UNDEFINED. You can see the document's status in the document details, under General.
- To edit a file registered to a document with status RELEASED, check out the document to change the document's status to UNDEFINED.
- If you select the file for editing, SSA ECM locks the file. Only the user who locked the file and the SSA ECM administrator can unlock the file.
See also Upload and/or unlock a file after editing.
To edit a file

1. On the Documents page, click the appropriate document ID.
   The document details appear.
2. Select the check box next to the appropriate file.
3. Do one of the following:

- On the Link Actions menu, click Edit File.
- Click on the toolbar.

The Windows File Download dialog box appears.

4. In the Windows Save As dialog box, navigate to the local folder which you created exclusively for ECM files. If you have not done so yet, click the Create New Folder icon, and create a local folder, for example, ECM-work.)
5. In the File Download dialog box, click Open.
   The file opens in the associated application.
6. After you finish editing, save and close your file in the associated application.

You can now choose to upload the updated file to SSA ECM, or to just unlock the file. See also Upload and/or unlock a file after editing.

SSA ECM 8.0 SP1 User's Guide © Copyright 2004 SSA Global Technologies (Israel), Ltd.