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Can't type in Word 2007
Just installed a trial version, opened Word and can't type any single
charachter. It keeps showing message at the bottom 'The modification is not allowed because the section is locked'. What section? What locked? It's a brand new document. Excell works fine. Did any body else go thru this? |
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Can't type in Word 2007
This would indicate that the trial period has expired so all documents will
be locked for editing. This seems strange if you have just downloaded it. Did you activate it on line? Did you have a beta version installed prior to this? Is the calendar (clock) on your computer set to the correct date? -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Yuri Budnyatsky" wrote in message ... Just installed a trial version, opened Word and can't type any single charachter. It keeps showing message at the bottom 'The modification is not allowed because the section is locked'. What section? What locked? It's a brand new document. Excell works fine. Did any body else go thru this? |
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Can't type in Word 2007
This is a brand new installation. I did not have any prior beta or trial
versions or 2007. The computer clock is exactly right. How come could the trial period (60 days) expire if trial Office 2007 became available only past week? Besides, it's not that I can't edit an existing document with the date over 60 days. I open a brand new doc and can't type any single character. The message at the bottom about locked section rather than expired trial period. If the latter were true I would not probably have been able to open Word at all. Besides, I can edit Excel file no problem. Any suggestions? "Terry Farrell" wrote: This would indicate that the trial period has expired so all documents will be locked for editing. This seems strange if you have just downloaded it. Did you activate it on line? Did you have a beta version installed prior to this? Is the calendar (clock) on your computer set to the correct date? -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Yuri Budnyatsky" wrote in message ... Just installed a trial version, opened Word and can't type any single charachter. It keeps showing message at the bottom 'The modification is not allowed because the section is locked'. What section? What locked? It's a brand new document. Excell works fine. Did any body else go thru this? |
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Not so. When the Office trial has expired, you can still open and read
documents, but you cannot edit, print, create new or do anything else. The message 'LOCKED' is appropriate. Are you sure you have activated the product? Did you install over a previous version of Office? Has Tools, Protect been used on the previous version? What happens if you start in Safe Mode. From Start, Run type in winword /a and press enter. Can you edit now? Terry "Yuri Budnyatsky" wrote in message ... This is a brand new installation. I did not have any prior beta or trial versions or 2007. The computer clock is exactly right. How come could the trial period (60 days) expire if trial Office 2007 became available only past week? Besides, it's not that I can't edit an existing document with the date over 60 days. I open a brand new doc and can't type any single character. The message at the bottom about locked section rather than expired trial period. If the latter were true I would not probably have been able to open Word at all. Besides, I can edit Excel file no problem. Any suggestions? "Terry Farrell" wrote: This would indicate that the trial period has expired so all documents will be locked for editing. This seems strange if you have just downloaded it. Did you activate it on line? Did you have a beta version installed prior to this? Is the calendar (clock) on your computer set to the correct date? -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Yuri Budnyatsky" wrote in message ... Just installed a trial version, opened Word and can't type any single charachter. It keeps showing message at the bottom 'The modification is not allowed because the section is locked'. What section? What locked? It's a brand new document. Excell works fine. Did any body else go thru this? |
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1. I did not install over previous version. I still have Office 2003.
2. I think 2007 was activated. This was the last step of installation as far as i remember. Besides, I can create and edit Excel files. So it means both activation and expiration topics are irrelevant. Anway, how can I check if it was activated or not? 3. The trial Office 2007 just became available only past week and you have 60 days expiration it could not expire. Even if it did expire and even I were still able to open Word there should've been a popup message saying the trial version has expired and I can only see files as read-only. This is user interface design 101. When I cancel this message and tried to type something in, then the 'Locked' message at the bottom is appropriate. But nothing says the trial version is expired because it's not. 4. I never used Tools, Protect in previous version. "Terry Farrell" wrote: Not so. When the Office trial has expired, you can still open and read documents, but you cannot edit, print, create new or do anything else. The message 'LOCKED' is appropriate. Are you sure you have activated the product? Did you install over a previous version of Office? Has Tools, Protect been used on the previous version? What happens if you start in Safe Mode. From Start, Run type in winword /a and press enter. Can you edit now? Terry "Yuri Budnyatsky" wrote in message ... This is a brand new installation. I did not have any prior beta or trial versions or 2007. The computer clock is exactly right. How come could the trial period (60 days) expire if trial Office 2007 became available only past week? Besides, it's not that I can't edit an existing document with the date over 60 days. I open a brand new doc and can't type any single character. The message at the bottom about locked section rather than expired trial period. If the latter were true I would not probably have been able to open Word at all. Besides, I can edit Excel file no problem. Any suggestions? "Terry Farrell" wrote: This would indicate that the trial period has expired so all documents will be locked for editing. This seems strange if you have just downloaded it. Did you activate it on line? Did you have a beta version installed prior to this? Is the calendar (clock) on your computer set to the correct date? -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Yuri Budnyatsky" wrote in message ... Just installed a trial version, opened Word and can't type any single charachter. It keeps showing message at the bottom 'The modification is not allowed because the section is locked'. What section? What locked? It's a brand new document. Excell works fine. Did any body else go thru this? |
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Can't type in Word 2007
Hi Yuri,
There are a couple of scenarios that can cause this. One of the most common is a corrupted activation file, another is the software not 'passing' one of the MS Genuine Advantage checks for Windows or Office (and those aren't always correct g). With all of the Office apps close and in a profile that has administrator privileges, use Start=Run to search for the file opa12.dat and rename it to opa12.old, then restart the PC and open Word to see if you can activate Office 2007. ================== "Yuri Budnyatsky" wrote in message ... 1. I did not install over previous version. I still have Office 2003. 2. I think 2007 was activated. This was the last step of installation as far as i remember. Besides, I can create and edit Excel files. So it means both activation and expiration topics are irrelevant. Anway, how can I check if it was activated or not? 3. The trial Office 2007 just became available only past week and you have 60 days expiration it could not expire. Even if it did expire and even I were still able to open Word there should've been a popup message saying the trial version has expired and I can only see files as read-only. This is user interface design 101. When I cancel this message and tried to type something in, then the 'Locked' message at the bottom is appropriate. But nothing says the trial version is expired because it's not. 4. I never used Tools, Protect in previous version. -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Thank you, Bob. I will try but I don't think this is the case. Should it have
been, I would've not been able to edit an Ecel file either, but I can. Activation activates all Office programs. But I will let you know. "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Yuri, There are a couple of scenarios that can cause this. One of the most common is a corrupted activation file, another is the software not 'passing' one of the MS Genuine Advantage checks for Windows or Office (and those aren't always correct g). With all of the Office apps close and in a profile that has administrator privileges, use Start=Run to search for the file opa12.dat and rename it to opa12.old, then restart the PC and open Word to see if you can activate Office 2007. ================== "Yuri Budnyatsky" wrote in message ... 1. I did not install over previous version. I still have Office 2003. 2. I think 2007 was activated. This was the last step of installation as far as i remember. Besides, I can create and edit Excel files. So it means both activation and expiration topics are irrelevant. Anway, how can I check if it was activated or not? 3. The trial Office 2007 just became available only past week and you have 60 days expiration it could not expire. Even if it did expire and even I were still able to open Word there should've been a popup message saying the trial version has expired and I can only see files as read-only. This is user interface design 101. When I cancel this message and tried to type something in, then the 'Locked' message at the bottom is appropriate. But nothing says the trial version is expired because it's not. 4. I never used Tools, Protect in previous version. -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Can't type in Word 2007
Bob, your advice was really helpful. I did what you suggested and it worked.
The only thning different I clicked on Start-Search rather than Start-Run as you suggested which I think you did just by mistake. I wish I could've got this suggestion right away rather than my time was wasted for 'trial period expired' which I knew was not the case unless I could not deliver my problem correctly, although I think it was very straightforward. Thx again. "Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote: Hi Yuri, There are a couple of scenarios that can cause this. One of the most common is a corrupted activation file, another is the software not 'passing' one of the MS Genuine Advantage checks for Windows or Office (and those aren't always correct g). With all of the Office apps close and in a profile that has administrator privileges, use Start=Run to search for the file opa12.dat and rename it to opa12.old, then restart the PC and open Word to see if you can activate Office 2007. ================== "Yuri Budnyatsky" wrote in message ... 1. I did not install over previous version. I still have Office 2003. 2. I think 2007 was activated. This was the last step of installation as far as i remember. Besides, I can create and edit Excel files. So it means both activation and expiration topics are irrelevant. Anway, how can I check if it was activated or not? 3. The trial Office 2007 just became available only past week and you have 60 days expiration it could not expire. Even if it did expire and even I were still able to open Word there should've been a popup message saying the trial version has expired and I can only see files as read-only. This is user interface design 101. When I cancel this message and tried to type something in, then the 'Locked' message at the bottom is appropriate. But nothing says the trial version is expired because it's not. 4. I never used Tools, Protect in previous version. -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* |
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Can't type in Word 2007
im having the same problem, new download and it keeps coming up that 'this modification is locked', whats up? "Yuri Budnyatsky" wrote: Just installed a trial version, opened Word and can't type any single charachter. It keeps showing message at the bottom 'The modification is not allowed because the section is locked'. What section? What locked? It's a brand new document. Excell works fine. Did any body else go thru this? |
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Can't type in Word 2007
Sounds like you have a trial version that expired. Any chance you're using
the original Office 2007 beta? -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "prettybrown" wrote in message ... im having the same problem, new download and it keeps coming up that 'this modification is locked', whats up? "Yuri Budnyatsky" wrote: Just installed a trial version, opened Word and can't type any single charachter. It keeps showing message at the bottom 'The modification is not allowed because the section is locked'. What section? What locked? It's a brand new document. Excell works fine. Did any body else go thru this? |
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Can't type in Word 2007
Search for the file opa12.dat and rename it to opa12.old, then restart the
PC and open Word. This would 'trick' Word to think that it has not been activated yet and will force you to do it. It should help. Let me know. "prettybrown" wrote: im having the same problem, new download and it keeps coming up that 'this modification is locked', whats up? "Yuri Budnyatsky" wrote: Just installed a trial version, opened Word and can't type any single charachter. It keeps showing message at the bottom 'The modification is not allowed because the section is locked'. What section? What locked? It's a brand new document. Excell works fine. Did any body else go thru this? |
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