Does the status bar tell you that the document is "locked for editing"? If
so, it could be that your trial version of Office 2007 has expired.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org
"veteranpoet" wrote in message
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Started using Windows 7 about two weeks ago. Now I can't edit files I just
created within the last week using the Word 2007.
Why?