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WORD documents locked?

LacroixLacroix Registered User regular
edited March 2009 in Help / Advice Forum
Hi, I have been trying to amend some word documents today but when I try to edit them it says at the bottom that they cannot be modified because the document is locked. Not only that, but even brand new documents are locked and I cannot type anything even on a blank page. I'm not sure how this occured and don't know how to stop it.

Any ideas?

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  • ArikadoArikado Southern CaliforniaRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Review > Protect Document

    Unless it was passworded, you should be able to unlock it by selecting Remove Protection.

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  • MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Not sure about the newdocs, but the settings to read-only is under Tools -> Un/Protect Document.

    EDIT: MAybe the Normal template got locked?

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  • InvisibleInvisible Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Is Word Activated? A friend had a similar problem (can't remember if it was locked or not), but after he activated Word everything worked.

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  • LacroixLacroix Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    How can I tell if Word is activated? I don't understand, if a Word document actually opens, suely that means Word is activated?

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  • LacroixLacroix Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    This is Word 2003 if it helps.

    Don't know how to review, but when I go to tools everything is shaded (including protect) except letters and mailing, languages, online collaboration and macros.

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  • MichaelLCMichaelLC In what furnace was thy brain? ChicagoRegistered User regular
    edited March 2009
    With some editions you can docs, but not edit/create. Essentialy a "trial" version.

    Check under Help -> About Ms Office to see if there's a seriel key and/or info on registering.

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  • japanjapan Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    Is the document on a network drive? It does that if someone else has it open at the same time.

    Alternatively, there's a feature that stops anyone from editing without a password. I usually just make my changes, "Save as" changing the filename, then delete the original and rename the one that I edited.

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  • LacroixLacroix Registered User regular
    edited March 2009
    on about word it says it is registered to me and gives me product ID, so I am already registered.... Oh wait, no its sorted. Yeah it was asking me to activate it. Dunno why, i've had it working for ages.
    I just kept ignoring the 'activate over internet message' because I thought it was something to do with Norton. Oh well, thanks guys. Um... thread lock now I guess?

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