[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Help | Activate Product means that you click on Help on the menu bar, then
select Activate Product from the Help menu.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"llienard" wrote in message
...
I need step by step instructions. Where do I select Help/Activate product?
I am using a dell notebook and have installed Office 2003. Went in today
and
computer is telling me everyhting is locked.......

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Well, you need to activate the product. If it's Word 2003, use Help |
Activate Product. If it's 2007, use Office Button | Word Options |
Resources: activate Microsoft Office.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"soopirman7" wrote in message
...
So how do we resolve this then? I think my case is the latter one --
"a
retail version, it has not been activated and has now exceeded the
number
of
times it can be used before activation is required."
Please do respond, i badly need your help here ASAP! I might need a
step-by-step guide on how to unlock it. Thanks a lot...


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The usual reason for this is that the application has gone into
"reduced
functionality" mode. Either it is a trial version that has expired,
or,
if a
retail version, it has not been activated and has now exceeded the
number
of
times it can be used before activation is required.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"
om wrote in message
...


"molly-ness" wrote:

tmy document is locked. i can't type or do anything, does anyone
know
how
i
get it back to a normal document? when i try to type it says "this
modification is not allowed because the document is locked" could
someone
please help me.

[window vista]

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

If this only happens in one particular document, try opening that
document and clicking on Tools | Unprotect Document.

If all new and existing documents are locked for editing, then
it's probably because you have not activated your Word/Office
software, or because you have an expired trial version of Office
2003. What happens if you start Word and click on Help |
Activate Product? If you are already activated, a dialog box
saying so will appear. If you are not activated, the Activation
Wizard will start. If you have an expired trial version, a
dialog box will prompt you to enter a valid product key or
purchase a key online.

molly-ness wrote:

tmy document is locked. i can't type or do anything, does anyone know how i
get it back to a normal document? when i try to type it says "this
modification is not allowed because the document is locked" could someone
please help me.

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Is there a question here?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"window vista" window wrote in message
...


"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

If this only happens in one particular document, try opening that
document and clicking on Tools | Unprotect Document.

If all new and existing documents are locked for editing, then
it's probably because you have not activated your Word/Office
software, or because you have an expired trial version of Office
2003. What happens if you start Word and click on Help |
Activate Product? If you are already activated, a dialog box
saying so will appear. If you are not activated, the Activation
Wizard will start. If you have an expired trial version, a
dialog box will prompt you to enter a valid product key or
purchase a key online.

molly-ness wrote:

tmy document is locked. i can't type or do anything, does anyone know
how i
get it back to a normal document? when i try to type it says "this
modification is not allowed because the document is locked" could
someone
please help me.

[sanitation]

please help me my documents are locked when i try to type I get a message
modification is not allowed because document is locked. what should I do?

"molly-ness" wrote:

tmy document is locked. i can't type or do anything, does anyone know how i
get it back to a normal document? when i try to type it says "this
modification is not allowed because the document is locked" could someone
please help me.

[sanitation]

"molly-ness" wrote:

tmy document is locked. i can't type or do anything, does anyone know how i
get it back to a normal document? when i try to type it says "this
modification is not allowed because the document is locked" could someone
please help me.

[Terry Farrell]

You have either not activated your copy of Office or (more likely), you have
a trial version that has expired.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"sanitation" wrote in message
...
please help me my documents are locked when i try to type I get a message
modification is not allowed because document is locked. what should I do?

"molly-ness" wrote:

tmy document is locked. i can't type or do anything, does anyone know how
i
get it back to a normal document? when i try to type it says "this
modification is not allowed because the document is locked" could someone
please help me.

[how to unlock a document?]

"molly-ness" wrote:

tmy document is locked. i can't type or do anything, does anyone know how i
get it back to a normal document? when i try to type it says "this
modification is not allowed because the document is locked" could someone
please help me.

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

See http://us20.trymicrosoftoffice.com/faq.aspx

--
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, originally posted via msnews.microsoft.com

"how to unlock a document?" how to unlock a
wrote in message
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"molly-ness" wrote:

tmy document is locked. i can't type or do anything, does anyone know how
i
get it back to a normal document? when i try to type it says "this
modification is not allowed because the document is locked" could someone
please help me.