If Word has crashed, there may be left-over temporary files (so-called
"lock" files, to be more precise) causing these kind of problems. Take a
look at
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm.
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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP
"Walter E." wrote in message
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Word 2013 is giving me conniptions. Wish I could go back to Word 2003
From time to time, if I type a document and save it in the normal fashion
to my "Documents" folder, and if I then try to reopen the same document,
Word tells me that the Document is locked for editing. It means just that:
I can no longer make changes to the document and save them.
That means I am stuck and have to re-type the document, save it again with
a new name and, with luck, it will not be locked. If I insist on opening
the document, it looks weird and with two columns. This locking feature
asserts itself at random.
I spent a lot of time looking in the File Options sections looking for
any entry that might cause this behavior but all options settings look OK
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Maybe I should go back to my 2002
Word, no locking there!
Walter
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