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Warning if opened read-only?
Every once in awhile, one of my documents will open in Read Only mode.
I think this happens when the backup program that I am using (Carbonite), which backs up files continually over the Internet, has the file open at the moment that I am trying to open it in Word. Whatever the reason, is there a way that I can tell Word to issue a warning when this happens? I usually don't notice that this has happened so I go merrily along making changes until I try to save it. Then I get the message. It won't allow me to over-write the original document so I have to go erase it and then save or some such process. |
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Warning if opened read-only?
You might try something like this in your normal.dot template or other
globally template Addin: Sub AutoOpen() If ThisDocument.ReadOnly Then MsgBox "The document you just opened is read only." End Sub Sesquipedalian Sam wrote: Every once in awhile, one of my documents will open in Read Only mode. I think this happens when the backup program that I am using (Carbonite), which backs up files continually over the Internet, has the file open at the moment that I am trying to open it in Word. Whatever the reason, is there a way that I can tell Word to issue a warning when this happens? I usually don't notice that this has happened so I go merrily along making changes until I try to save it. Then I get the message. It won't allow me to over-write the original document so I have to go erase it and then save or some such process. |
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Warning if opened read-only?
On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:12:23 -0500, "Greg Maxey"
wrote: You might try something like this in your normal.dot template or other globally template Addin: Sub AutoOpen() If ThisDocument.ReadOnly Then MsgBox "The document you just opened is read only." End Sub Is that a macro? I'm guessing that it's loke an event macro that runs whenever a document is opened, right? Can you post simple instructions for getting it installed? (Or a pointer to a web page?) I'm running Word 2007. |
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Warning if opened read-only?
Yes it is a macro.
For help installing and using the macro see: http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm Also see: http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/DocumentEvents.htm If your document is tied to a specific template you would probably want to use Document_Open. "Sesquipedalian Sam" wrote in message ... On Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:12:23 -0500, "Greg Maxey" wrote: You might try something like this in your normal.dot template or other globally template Addin: Sub AutoOpen() If ThisDocument.ReadOnly Then MsgBox "The document you just opened is read only." End Sub Is that a macro? I'm guessing that it's loke an event macro that runs whenever a document is opened, right? Can you post simple instructions for getting it installed? (Or a pointer to a web page?) I'm running Word 2007. |
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