How to make InDesign CS5 documents lock to other users on network when open

We have multiple users using InDesign CS5 across our network. In InDesign CS4 when one person had a page open, it was locked to any other users, but in CS5 the pages are not locked, and this causes changes not to be saved. We want them to lock, any suggestions?

We have a mac environment, with a mac server. Editorial dept. opens the pages to put stories on, and at different times another dept. needs the pages to put ads on the page. We all use InDesign CS5. When any dept has a page open, it does show the .idlk file, but still allows another user to open the document. However, once in a while, it locks it and doesn't let anyone else open it, which is what we want. This all worked in InDesign 4, it started when we upgraded to CS5. We aren't doing anything out of the ordinary.

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