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Word documents always open read-only
G'day Rdegan ,
Copy the file locally, edit it, copy it back. Ideally use a version control system to manage this. Steve Hudson - Word Heretic steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment) Without prejudice Rdegan reckoned: One user on our network experiences the following: every document opens read-only, even if thios is not set in the document's properties. Often the document will open normally and then during editing the document it becomes read-only requiring a "file save-as" to save any new work. What could be causing this peculiar behaviour? |
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i don't understand however why it is doing this to start off with?
"Word Heretic" wrote: G'day Rdegan , Copy the file locally, edit it, copy it back. Ideally use a version control system to manage this. Steve Hudson - Word Heretic steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment) Without prejudice Rdegan reckoned: One user on our network experiences the following: every document opens read-only, even if thios is not set in the document's properties. Often the document will open normally and then during editing the document it becomes read-only requiring a "file save-as" to save any new work. What could be causing this peculiar behaviour? |
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G'day Rdegan ,
Word uses THREE copies of your file. 1. The original. 2. A tmp file to store your edits 3. An autorecover file If you have your templates networked as well, you get another three for opening the template that is attached to the document. Thus Word is overly sensitive to network collisions whilst working on networked files. Steve Hudson - Word Heretic steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment) Without prejudice Rdegan reckoned: i don't understand however why it is doing this to start off with? "Word Heretic" wrote: G'day Rdegan , Copy the file locally, edit it, copy it back. Ideally use a version control system to manage this. Steve Hudson - Word Heretic steve from wordheretic.com (Email replies require payment) Without prejudice Rdegan reckoned: One user on our network experiences the following: every document opens read-only, even if thios is not set in the document's properties. Often the document will open normally and then during editing the document it becomes read-only requiring a "file save-as" to save any new work. What could be causing this peculiar behaviour? |
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