But copy it to the hard drive first. Files on CDR (disc?) are always read
only.
Note that if this is, as it appears, removable media, then always copy to
and from the media to the hard drive. Never work directly from the removable
media, or you are inviting document corruption.

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote:
In any Explorer window (including Word's File Open dialog),
right-click, choose Properties, and clear the "Read-only" check box.


"db2142" wrote in message
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I saved a paper to disc but when I open it to edit, it is read only.
how do I get rid of that so that I can continue writing the paper?