I assist in the running of multiple document librarys (sharepoint 2007) for an educational institution. All the libraries require documents to be checked out prior to editing and this is just how we want it. We also make great use of metadata in these document libraries, utilising the "Edit Properties" to keep those up to date.
Up until recently, editing the properties of a document was a simple matter of selecting the drop down menu for a specific document, selecting edit properties and making the changes. Now, one of the libraries has decided that editing the properties of any document requires the item to be checked out!!!??? This happens in standard view and editing in datasheet view. I have never seen this before and does not happen in any other document libraries we have. I have had no luck googleteching this problem. Any ideas?