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Editing Problem
I emailed myself a file from my job. When I go in to edit and work on it,
Word won't let me edit. The curser jumps back to the first line in the first page. Is there a way to fix this? |
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Hello-
Did you email it as an Attachment or as content in the email message? It sounds like the latter, in which case you cannot directly change the content of _any_ email message, even if you sent it to yourself. Use your email client's Save As feature to save a copy of the message in an editable format, such as RTF, text, etc. You will probably lose the formatting, but the content should be fine. In the future, make sure to send as an Attachment & at the receiving end save the attachment to do your editing in. Do Not just double+click the attachment icon in the email message & go to work, or you will most likely lose everything you do. Save your changes in the saved copy, then email it back to youself at work if necessary. HTH |:) "maryann6141" wrote: I emailed myself a file from my job. When I go in to edit and work on it, Word won't let me edit. The curser jumps back to the first line in the first page. Is there a way to fix this? |
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I did send it as an attachment. I do this regularly but for some reason I
can't edit this one. I'm wondering if the person who was working on this project at work put some sort of command in the file. "CyberTaz" wrote: Hello- Did you email it as an Attachment or as content in the email message? It sounds like the latter, in which case you cannot directly change the content of _any_ email message, even if you sent it to yourself. Use your email client's Save As feature to save a copy of the message in an editable format, such as RTF, text, etc. You will probably lose the formatting, but the content should be fine. In the future, make sure to send as an Attachment & at the receiving end save the attachment to do your editing in. Do Not just double+click the attachment icon in the email message & go to work, or you will most likely lose everything you do. Save your changes in the saved copy, then email it back to youself at work if necessary. HTH |:) "maryann6141" wrote: I emailed myself a file from my job. When I go in to edit and work on it, Word won't let me edit. The curser jumps back to the first line in the first page. Is there a way to fix this? |
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Hi Maryann ~
By any chance is this document a form that could have been protected? If that is the case, simply click on Tools and Unprotect document. You should then be able to edit it. "maryann6141" wrote: I emailed myself a file from my job. When I go in to edit and work on it, Word won't let me edit. The curser jumps back to the first line in the first page. Is there a way to fix this? |
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Hi Carol,
I tried to unprotect the document and it's asking for a password. Any suggestions about how to apply a password? Would that be from my job, or would that be on my home system? I don't mean to sound so clueless, but this is the first time I've come across this problem. Thanks. "Carol" wrote: Hi Maryann ~ By any chance is this document a form that could have been protected? If that is the case, simply click on Tools and Unprotect document. You should then be able to edit it. "maryann6141" wrote: I emailed myself a file from my job. When I go in to edit and work on it, Word won't let me edit. The curser jumps back to the first line in the first page. Is there a way to fix this? |
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Hi Maryann ~
If when you clicked on Tools | Unprotect it asked for a password, then whomever created the document protected it with a password and that is what you will need to unprotect it. "maryann6141" wrote: Hi Carol, I tried to unprotect the document and it's asking for a password. Any suggestions about how to apply a password? Would that be from my job, or would that be on my home system? I don't mean to sound so clueless, but this is the first time I've come across this problem. Thanks. "Carol" wrote: Hi Maryann ~ By any chance is this document a form that could have been protected? If that is the case, simply click on Tools and Unprotect document. You should then be able to edit it. "maryann6141" wrote: I emailed myself a file from my job. When I go in to edit and work on it, Word won't let me edit. The curser jumps back to the first line in the first page. Is there a way to fix this? |
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Okay, now I'll just have to track down which employee originated this
document. We were working on it together, so I don't know why she would do that. But you've been very helpful. Thanks. "Carol" wrote: Hi Maryann ~ If when you clicked on Tools | Unprotect it asked for a password, then whomever created the document protected it with a password and that is what you will need to unprotect it. "maryann6141" wrote: Hi Carol, I tried to unprotect the document and it's asking for a password. Any suggestions about how to apply a password? Would that be from my job, or would that be on my home system? I don't mean to sound so clueless, but this is the first time I've come across this problem. Thanks. "Carol" wrote: Hi Maryann ~ By any chance is this document a form that could have been protected? If that is the case, simply click on Tools and Unprotect document. You should then be able to edit it. "maryann6141" wrote: I emailed myself a file from my job. When I go in to edit and work on it, Word won't let me edit. The curser jumps back to the first line in the first page. Is there a way to fix this? |
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Glad I could be of help. Good luck!
"maryann6141" wrote: Okay, now I'll just have to track down which employee originated this document. We were working on it together, so I don't know why she would do that. But you've been very helpful. Thanks. "Carol" wrote: Hi Maryann ~ If when you clicked on Tools | Unprotect it asked for a password, then whomever created the document protected it with a password and that is what you will need to unprotect it. "maryann6141" wrote: Hi Carol, I tried to unprotect the document and it's asking for a password. Any suggestions about how to apply a password? Would that be from my job, or would that be on my home system? I don't mean to sound so clueless, but this is the first time I've come across this problem. Thanks. "Carol" wrote: Hi Maryann ~ By any chance is this document a form that could have been protected? If that is the case, simply click on Tools and Unprotect document. You should then be able to edit it. "maryann6141" wrote: I emailed myself a file from my job. When I go in to edit and work on it, Word won't let me edit. The curser jumps back to the first line in the first page. Is there a way to fix this? |
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If it's just protected for forms, you can unprotect it by using Insert |
File to insert it into a fresh document. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Carol" wrote in message news Hi Maryann ~ If when you clicked on Tools | Unprotect it asked for a password, then whomever created the document protected it with a password and that is what you will need to unprotect it. "maryann6141" wrote: Hi Carol, I tried to unprotect the document and it's asking for a password. Any suggestions about how to apply a password? Would that be from my job, or would that be on my home system? I don't mean to sound so clueless, but this is the first time I've come across this problem. Thanks. "Carol" wrote: Hi Maryann ~ By any chance is this document a form that could have been protected? If that is the case, simply click on Tools and Unprotect document. You should then be able to edit it. "maryann6141" wrote: I emailed myself a file from my job. When I go in to edit and work on it, Word won't let me edit. The curser jumps back to the first line in the first page. Is there a way to fix this? |
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Hi, this is going to sound so Stupid, but that situation can also occur via
CTRL +Home. I am sorry for even bring this up but... are any keys sticking down or crumbs jammed in the keyboard. I have actually seen this thing happen from that before. It sounds weird but... "maryann6141" wrote: I emailed myself a file from my job. When I go in to edit and work on it, Word won't let me edit. The curser jumps back to the first line in the first page. Is there a way to fix this? |
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