I loaded Office 97 onto Windows XP successfully. All works ok.
When I open up an existing Word document, a dialog box pops up saying: This
document is currently being used. Do I want to make a copy?
I say no. Then I can continue to work on my document.

Question:
How do we eliminate this dialog box from popping up everytime I open an
existing document?

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/index.htm.
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"Port" wrote in message
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I loaded Office 97 onto Windows XP successfully. All works ok.
When I open up an existing Word document, a dialog box pops up saying:
This
document is currently being used. Do I want to make a copy?
I say no. Then I can continue to work on my document.

Question:
How do we eliminate this dialog box from popping up everytime I open an
existing document?

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/DocInUse.htm

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"Port" wrote in message
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I loaded Office 97 onto Windows XP successfully. All works ok.
When I open up an existing Word document, a dialog box pops up saying:
This
document is currently being used. Do I want to make a copy?
I say no. Then I can continue to work on my document.

Question:
How do we eliminate this dialog box from popping up everytime I open an
existing document?

Thank you to Charles and Suzanne for responding to my question. Your links
have been saved to my Favourites and look like they can be very useful.

If I may expand on my first post -
When I open a new document in Word, it opens up fine, saves and closes fine.
It's only when I go to re-open the document that the message as written
below comes up.

The same thing also happens in Excel. I'm wondering if there is a conflict
with the name the technician gave the computer and the name I gave Office 97
when I loaded it onto the computer.

Any further assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.


"Port" wrote:

I loaded Office 97 onto Windows XP successfully. All works ok.
When I open up an existing Word document, a dialog box pops up saying: This
document is currently being used. Do I want to make a copy?
I say no. Then I can continue to work on my document.

Question:
How do we eliminate this dialog box from popping up everytime I open an
existing document?