You can also follow the steps given in the KB published by MS:.
Try to delete the IE history files, Reset the IE to Advance settings.Document does not checking back in, so user is not able to make any changes. The sheet should now disappear, but nothing is happening. User see a message saying 'Other users cannot see your changes User can save the changes, and then tries to exit excel. User the click the link again to the open the file and modifies it. User can check-out the document (check-out done to the Local Draft). Scenario 2: Unable to check-in back documents. Using Edit in Microsoft Office Excel, open document as Read-Only.Ĭlick on file directly and click check edit, Opens as Read-Only.Ĭlick the file in Read-only mode and check-out to edit, opens in Read-Only mode. Scenario 1: Excel Document open as Read-Only. There two possible scenarios for this issue. If the problem continues, contact your administrator.” “An error occurred while connecting to the server.The document may have already been checked out, or the local drafts folder could not be written to"
“This document could not be checked out to your local drafts folder.To save a copy, click Ok, then give a workbook a new name in the Save As Dialog Box.” The below symptoms are not the root cause investigation steps though these are the helping guide to resolve the issues of user who has the problem on their specific machines. When we ask the user who has problem to check this on any other machine they don’t get issue. The exact cause of this issue is not known as it varies from client machine to different machines. Excel Document open as Read-Only and Unable to check in the documents are both interrelated issues.