Since you can see the document, I can assume that the document is protected
for forms, rather than protected for opening. The former is easy to unlock,
while the latter is nearly impossible.
See
http://www.gmayor.com/Remove_Password.htm for the procedure to use.
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aviation editor wrote:
Thanks so much. That is exactly the problem.
Unfortunately, the original author is not longer available to speak
with.
Do you know if there's a way to work around the protection? Or to
disable it in some other way?
"Dawn Crosier, Word MVP" wrote:
It sounds as though your tracked changes were turned on using
protection. From the Tools menu select Unprotect Document. If you
are prompted for a password, then you will need to get with the
originator of the document to have them supply it.
Good Luck.
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"aviation editor" wrote in
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I am using Word 2003. I am working in a file that is not
originally mine. I
need to accept all changes made, but in the Reviewing tool bar,
accept change, reject change, and accept all changes is grayed out.
I also tried to
right click on each addition and deletion, and accept and reject
change is grayed out there too. I just want to accept all changes
made; I do not need
to review them. How can I do this?
Thanks!