You may want to enable the auto check-out of layers when checking out a page on the Editions main tab.

Default: off

To enable auto check-out of layers when checking out a page

1.On the Edit menu of the Editions main tab, click Preferences.

2.Click the Extra tab, and then tick Check-out layers with page.

About saving preferences in database

When you click OK, the preferences are updated in the memory and applied right-on. GN4 will store the preference in the database when you exit application. Anyway, should your GN4 crash or exit in any other abnormal way, the preference will not be stored in database, and you will have to repeat the previously described steps.

This preference is stored in the Editorial_SystemUserConfig for the securityRef corresponding to the user name. To display that configuration, open EdAdmin4, click Client Applications, expand the search pane in the left sidebar, in the Name enter editorial, and in the securityRef select the name of the user. Double-click the Editorial_SystemUserConfig to open the content. Locate the preference by name.