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Review Tasks
Details about creating, using, and managing review tasks
Working in a Review Task
Files View
Use the Files view in a review task to open the task files, see who is working in them, upload or create new files, and download the task content.
How File Locking and Unlocking Work
How file locks work in a review task and how a file becomes available again for other reviewers.

Introduction
Introduction to the Oxygen Content Fusion collaboration platform
Getting Started
Information to help you get started with Oxygen Content Fusion.
Projects and Publishing
Information about using and managing Content Fusion projects
Review Tasks
Details about creating, using, and managing review tasks
- Types of Review Tasks
  Oxygen Content Fusion supports two types of review tasks: Project Review Tasks and Independent Review Tasks.
- Review Task Status
  Details about how the review task status appears to task owners and reviewers for projects and independent review tasks.
- My Review Tasks Page
  How to use the My Review Tasks page to find, filter, and open review tasks.
- Creating and Setting Up Review Tasks
- Working in a Review Task
  - Review Task Header
    Use the review task header to view task details, check status, and access actions such as sharing, viewing owners, and requesting re-review.
  - Review Task Dashboard
    The review task dashboard is the starting place for working with a review task, showing details about the task and providing access to actions for working with task files.
  - Files View
    Use the Files view in a review task to open the task files, see who is working in them, upload or create new files, and download the task content.
    - How File Locking and Unlocking Work
      How file locks work in a review task and how a file becomes available again for other reviewers.
  - Reviewing and Editing Files in the Visual Editor
    Details about the functionality of the visual editor that is used in Content Fusion to display and edit review task files, suggest changes, and add comments.
  - Task Activity View
    Use the Task Activity view to review task-level messages, track file changes, and open earlier or current file versions.
  - Search View
    Use the Search view in a review task to find text across all review task files and filter the results.
  - Reviews View
    Use the Reviews view in a review task to search and filter comments and other review items across task files.
  - AI Positron View
    Use the AI Positron view in a review task to get AI-generated suggestions and content while you work.
- Completing and Managing Review Tasks
Server Administrator Guide
Information for server administrators about deploying and configuring an Enterprise server
Technical Issues
Information about error messages and known issues for Content Fusion
Web Author vs. Content Fusion
A comparison between Oxygen XML Web Author and Oxygen Content Fusion
Copyright
Legal information

How File Locking and Unlocking Work

How file locks work in a review task and how a file becomes available again for other reviewers.

If concurrent editing is disabled for the task, when you edit a file in a review task, the file remains locked so that other users cannot edit it at the same time.

If other users have the file open, their avatars appear on the right side of the file entry in the Files page. Hover over an avatar to see the user name. If another user is editing the file, a Lock icon appears on the left side of the file entry in the Files page and that user's avatar has a red border.

When a file is locked, other users cannot edit it until the user who holds the lock releases it. The lock is released in the following situations:

The file is no longer open in the visual editor. For example, the user navigates to a page that does not contain the visual editor, opens another review task file, or closes the browser window.
The user remains inactive for more than 10 minutes. The editor switches to read-only mode and the file is unlocked. Other users can then start editing the file. If no one else starts editing it, or after another user finishes and the file becomes available again, a Resume Editing button appears so you can switch back to editing mode and try to obtain the lock.

The lock status refreshes automatically every minute. If another user unlocks a file, you might not see the change immediately unless you refresh the page manually.