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HOW DO I UNLOCK A "read only" document?
We just bought a new computer. I went and typed a document for work in word
and saved it on a disk. When I went back to it a couple of hours later, I get a read only message when I attempt to save my changes. I've followed the steps that windows gives in response to my question on how to remove "read only" with no sucess. Can anyone help? |
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HOW DO I UNLOCK A "read only" document?
If you saved to a CD, then the file is read-only by default, even after
you've copied it back to the HD. You can clear the read-only property from the file on your HD but not on the CD. If you're trying to save directly to the CD, then that's part of the problem. Save to the HD, then copy to the CD. -- 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. "therese1216" wrote in message ... We just bought a new computer. I went and typed a document for work in word and saved it on a disk. When I went back to it a couple of hours later, I get a read only message when I attempt to save my changes. I've followed the steps that windows gives in response to my question on how to remove "read only" with no sucess. Can anyone help? |
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HOW DO I UNLOCK A "read only" document?
See the article "I keep getting files that I am working on locked for
editing. Word only allows me to open them read-only" at: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/LockedFiles.htm -- Hope this helps. Please reply to the newsgroup unless you wish to avail yourself of my services on a paid consulting basis. Doug Robbins - Word MVP "therese1216" wrote in message ... We just bought a new computer. I went and typed a document for work in word and saved it on a disk. When I went back to it a couple of hours later, I get a read only message when I attempt to save my changes. I've followed the steps that windows gives in response to my question on how to remove "read only" with no sucess. Can anyone help? |
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HOW DO I UNLOCK A "read only" document?
Hi Suzanne,
Thank you for that bit of advice. I had a lot of work for the office that I needed to be able to download and print once I got back to work. My only problem now is that my disk is filling up with documents that are only read-only. What do I do about that? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you saved to a CD, then the file is read-only by default, even after you've copied it back to the HD. You can clear the read-only property from the file on your HD but not on the CD. If you're trying to save directly to the CD, then that's part of the problem. Save to the HD, then copy to the CD. -- 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. "therese1216" wrote in message ... We just bought a new computer. I went and typed a document for work in word and saved it on a disk. When I went back to it a couple of hours later, I get a read only message when I attempt to save my changes. I've followed the steps that windows gives in response to my question on how to remove "read only" with no sucess. Can anyone help? |
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HOW DO I UNLOCK A "read only" document?
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you saved to a CD, then the file is read-only by default, even after you've copied it back to the HD. You can clear the read-only property from the file on your HD but not on the CD. If you're trying to save directly to the CD, then that's part of the problem. Save to the HD, then copy to the CD. -- 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. "therese1216" wrote in message ... We just bought a new computer. I went and typed a document for work in word and saved it on a disk. When I went back to it a couple of hours later, I get a read only message when I attempt to save my changes. I've followed the steps that windows gives in response to my question on how to remove "read only" with no sucess. Can anyone help? |
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HOW DO I UNLOCK A "read only" document?
There's really no way around this. Files saved to a CD are read-only by
definition. -- 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. "therese1216" wrote in message ... Hi Suzanne, Thank you for that bit of advice. I had a lot of work for the office that I needed to be able to download and print once I got back to work. My only problem now is that my disk is filling up with documents that are only read-only. What do I do about that? "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: If you saved to a CD, then the file is read-only by default, even after you've copied it back to the HD. You can clear the read-only property from the file on your HD but not on the CD. If you're trying to save directly to the CD, then that's part of the problem. Save to the HD, then copy to the CD. -- 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. "therese1216" wrote in message ... We just bought a new computer. I went and typed a document for work in word and saved it on a disk. When I went back to it a couple of hours later, I get a read only message when I attempt to save my changes. I've followed the steps that windows gives in response to my question on how to remove "read only" with no sucess. Can anyone help? |
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HOW DO I UNLOCK A "read only" document?
"therese1216" wrote: We just bought a new computer. I went and typed a document for work in word and saved it on a disk. When I went back to it a couple of hours later, I get a read only message when I attempt to save my changes. I've followed the steps that windows gives in response to my question on how to remove "read only" with no sucess. Can anyone help? |
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HOW DO I UNLOCK A "read only" document?
What do you mean by 'just bought'. Is this Word 2007 pre-installed on a new
PC? If so it will almost certainly be a trial version. Either that trial has now expired because you have used it more times than you thought, or you have not activated it. In the case of the former you will have to buy the application. In the case of the latter Office Button (looks like a pizza) Word Options Resources Activate -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org i AM USING microsoft Word Office wrote: "therese1216" wrote: We just bought a new computer. I went and typed a document for work in word and saved it on a disk. When I went back to it a couple of hours later, I get a read only message when I attempt to save my changes. I've followed the steps that windows gives in response to my question on how to remove "read only" with no sucess. Can anyone help? |
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HOW DO I UNLOCK A "read only" document?
What do you mean by, 'saved it to disk'. Do you mean the internal hard disk
drive? -- Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP "i AM USING microsoft Word Office" .com wrote in message ... "therese1216" wrote: We just bought a new computer. I went and typed a document for work in word and saved it on a disk. When I went back to it a couple of hours later, I get a read only message when I attempt to save my changes. I've followed the steps that windows gives in response to my question on how to remove "read only" with no sucess. Can anyone help? |
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