[Yuri Budnyatsky]

1. I did not install over previous version. I still have Office 2003.
2. I think 2007 was activated. This was the last step of installation as far
as i remember. Besides, I can create and edit Excel files. So it means both
activation and expiration topics are irrelevant. Anway, how can I check if it
was activated or not?
3. The trial Office 2007 just became available only past week and you have
60 days expiration it could not expire. Even if it did expire and even I were
still able to open Word there should've been a popup message saying the trial
version has expired and I can only see files as read-only. This is user
interface design 101. When I cancel this message and tried to type something
in, then the 'Locked' message at the bottom is appropriate. But nothing says
the trial version is expired because it's not.
4. I never used Tools, Protect in previous version.




"Terry Farrell" wrote:

Not so. When the Office trial has expired, you can still open and read
documents, but you cannot edit, print, create new or do anything else. The
message 'LOCKED' is appropriate.

Are you sure you have activated the product? Did you install over a previous
version of Office? Has Tools, Protect been used on the previous version?

What happens if you start in Safe Mode. From Start, Run type in

winword /a

and press enter. Can you edit now?

Terry

"Yuri Budnyatsky" wrote in
message ...
This is a brand new installation. I did not have any prior beta or trial
versions or 2007. The computer clock is exactly right. How come could the
trial period (60 days) expire if trial Office 2007 became available only
past week? Besides, it's not that I can't edit an existing document with
the
date over 60 days. I open a brand new doc and can't type any single
character. The message at the bottom about locked section rather than
expired
trial period. If the latter were true I would not probably have been able
to
open Word at all. Besides, I can edit Excel file no problem.

Any suggestions?

"Terry Farrell" wrote:

This would indicate that the trial period has expired so all documents
will
be locked for editing. This seems strange if you have just downloaded it.
Did you activate it on line? Did you have a beta version installed prior
to
this? Is the calendar (clock) on your computer set to the correct date?

--
Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP

"Yuri Budnyatsky" wrote in
message ...
Just installed a trial version, opened Word and can't type any single
charachter. It keeps showing message at the bottom 'The modification is
not
allowed because the section is locked'. What section? What locked? It's
a
brand new document. Excell works fine. Did any body else go thru this?