For some reason all of my documents in Word 2003, and those I download from
attachments, come up as Read Only. Could anyone advise me as to what I might
need to do to revert my version so that they do not come up automatically as
"read only". Many thanks

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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/LockedFiles.htm

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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
"Roger Falconer" wrote in message
...
For some reason all of my documents in Word 2003, and those I download
from
attachments, come up as Read Only. Could anyone advise me as to what I
might
need to do to revert my version so that they do not come up automatically
as
"read only". Many thanks

Could it be that the documents have at one time been saved to a CD?

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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.

"Roger Falconer" wrote in message
...
For some reason all of my documents in Word 2003, and those I download
from
attachments, come up as Read Only. Could anyone advise me as to what I
might
need to do to revert my version so that they do not come up automatically
as
"read only". Many thanks

Thanks for your help, but some of the email attachments are ones that I have
created and copied to myself for filing, so there must be something else
causing the problem.

Any assistance that you can give would be appreciated

Regards

Roger Falconer

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Could it be that the documents have at one time been saved to a CD?

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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.

"Roger Falconer" wrote in message
...
For some reason all of my documents in Word 2003, and those I download
from
attachments, come up as Read Only. Could anyone advise me as to what I
might
need to do to revert my version so that they do not come up automatically
as
"read only". Many thanks