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Default How do I undo read only on a document?

I created a document and when I tried to save it as something else it had
become read only all by itself!! Under the review button it is not
protected. How do I get rid of this thing, I can't even delete it!
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You probably have an orphan lock file
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm

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Dianne wrote:
I created a document and when I tried to save it as something else it
had become read only all by itself!! Under the review button it is
not protected. How do I get rid of this thing, I can't even delete
it!



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