For the past few weeks when I open a document (any document) and work with
it...after a few minutes it will change to read only on its own so that when
I got to save it (which I do frequently) it will force me to save it under a
different name. I get around it by saving it with a 1 or something at the
end of the name, delete the prior version and re-name it but that is a pain.
I know how to actually change the document to read only but I'm not sure how
it is doing it on its own??? Am I crazy?

Any chance you are working with documents on a CD or copied from a CD?
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"LKnussman" wrote in message
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For the past few weeks when I open a document (any document) and work with
it...after a few minutes it will change to read only on its own so that
when
I got to save it (which I do frequently) it will force me to save it under
a
different name. I get around it by saving it with a 1 or something at the
end of the name, delete the prior version and re-name it but that is a
pain.
I know how to actually change the document to read only but I'm not sure
how
it is doing it on its own??? Am I crazy?

Nope....these are all documents that I have created that are stored on a
company network.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

Any chance you are working with documents on a CD or copied from a CD?
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"LKnussman" wrote in message
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For the past few weeks when I open a document (any document) and work with
it...after a few minutes it will change to read only on its own so that
when
I got to save it (which I do frequently) it will force me to save it under
a
different name. I get around it by saving it with a 1 or something at the
end of the name, delete the prior version and re-name it but that is a
pain.
I know how to actually change the document to read only but I'm not sure
how
it is doing it on its own??? Am I crazy?

If they're stored on a network, do you get a message that someone else has
the document open?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"LKnussman" wrote in message
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Nope....these are all documents that I have created that are stored on a
company network.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

Any chance you are working with documents on a CD or copied from a CD?
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"LKnussman" wrote in message
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For the past few weeks when I open a document (any document) and work
with
it...after a few minutes it will change to read only on its own so
that
when
I got to save it (which I do frequently) it will force me to save it
under
a
different name. I get around it by saving it with a 1 or something at
the
end of the name, delete the prior version and re-name it but that is a
pain.
I know how to actually change the document to read only but I'm not
sure
how
it is doing it on its own??? Am I crazy?

i am having the same problem. no-one else is in the document but when
certain users are in a document it changes to read-only when they try to save
it

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If they're stored on a network, do you get a message that someone else has
the document open?

--
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.

"LKnussman" wrote in message
...
Nope....these are all documents that I have created that are stored on a
company network.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

Any chance you are working with documents on a CD or copied from a CD?
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"LKnussman" wrote in message
...
For the past few weeks when I open a document (any document) and work
with
it...after a few minutes it will change to read only on its own so
that
when
I got to save it (which I do frequently) it will force me to save it
under
a
different name. I get around it by saving it with a 1 or something at
the
end of the name, delete the prior version and re-name it but that is a
pain.
I know how to actually change the document to read only but I'm not
sure
how
it is doing it on its own??? Am I crazy?