Document switch to become Read-Only when it's not suppose to

I'm having problems with all of my documents switching to Read-Only thus
making it impossible to Save. I have to Save As and then delete the original
document and rename the new document to its previous name making it an
inconvenience.

Sometimes, in the beginning when I open the document I'm able to save
normally, then it switches to Read-Only which is a pain.

Please Help Me!
Thanks

Someone posted that if you are running Office 2007 in compatibility mode and
at some time you have added a password to a document, the setting is sticky.
This means that all subsequent documents created or edited will also be
password protected. Check in Tools, General Option dialog: if it has a
password set, clear it.

--
Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP

"Lenny" wrote in message
...
I'm having problems with all of my documents switching to Read-Only thus
making it impossible to Save. I have to Save As and then delete the
original
document and rename the new document to its previous name making it an
inconvenience.

Sometimes, in the beginning when I open the document I'm able to save
normally, then it switches to Read-Only which is a pain.

Please Help Me!
Thanks

What version of Word? What operating system? Are the files on a network? If
so, what is the network operating system?

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"Lenny" wrote in message
...
I'm having problems with all of my documents switching to Read-Only thus
making it impossible to Save. I have to Save As and then delete the
original
document and rename the new document to its previous name making it an
inconvenience.

Sometimes, in the beginning when I open the document I'm able to save
normally, then it switches to Read-Only which is a pain.

Please Help Me!
Thanks

The version is Word 2007 Professional

"Lenny" wrote:

I'm having problems with all of my documents switching to Read-Only thus
making it impossible to Save. I have to Save As and then delete the original
document and rename the new document to its previous name making it an
inconvenience.

Sometimes, in the beginning when I open the document I'm able to save
normally, then it switches to Read-Only which is a pain.

Please Help Me!
Thanks

UPDATE:
Version Microsoft Word 2007 Professional
Windows XP
What is meant by working on a network? I'm working on my laptop as
Administrator. I go to classes and we have wireless internet connection there
that the laptop automatically connects to but I don't think this would be the
cause of the Read-Only problem because sometimes I can save the document in
the first few minutes or so, then somehow it changes automatically to
read-only.


"Lenny" wrote:

I'm having problems with all of my documents switching to Read-Only thus
making it impossible to Save. I have to Save As and then delete the original
document and rename the new document to its previous name making it an
inconvenience.

Sometimes, in the beginning when I open the document I'm able to save
normally, then it switches to Read-Only which is a pain.

Please Help Me!
Thanks

Also, I'm saving it to my own hard drive not on a network or a USB device.

If you aren't saving files locally and not on a network server then that's
odd.

What antivirus program do you use?

When it becomes read only do you see (Read Only) in the title bar or are you
notified that it is read only when you attempt to save?

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assistance by email cannot be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out:
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"Lenny" wrote in message
...
UPDATE:
Version Microsoft Word 2007 Professional
Windows XP
What is meant by working on a network? I'm working on my laptop as
Administrator. I go to classes and we have wireless internet connection
there
that the laptop automatically connects to but I don't think this would be
the
cause of the Read-Only problem because sometimes I can save the document
in
the first few minutes or so, then somehow it changes automatically to
read-only.


"Lenny" wrote:

I'm having problems with all of my documents switching to Read-Only thus
making it impossible to Save. I have to Save As and then delete the
original
document and rename the new document to its previous name making it an
inconvenience.

Sometimes, in the beginning when I open the document I'm able to save
normally, then it switches to Read-Only which is a pain.

Please Help Me!
Thanks

I'm using Norton 360 but this just happened recently like about 2 weeks ago
and I haven't changed the settings of the antivirus program. When I press
Ctrl+S it will pop up the Save As window. That's when I see the original
document title say: Title (Read-Only)

Actually I remember that I wanted to understand what the Protect Document
button was all about. I clicked on it during one of my classes and then
that's when this whole Read-Only issue occurred. I've tried unsuccessfully by
clicking it to Track Changes, and then unchecking the box, but then it's
still the same with all the other documents. And also, there is no password
set up for that option either.

Is it not possible for Microsoft Word to have an option where they reset or
make the Protect Document button default to it's original setup again? Or is
there a way to undo whatever I might have caused by a simple click of an icon
or option? Otherwise, I'm kind of at a loss right now. It's not a big deal,
but it is when an error message pops up in a few cases when I periodically
save my document during class sessions and then what would have been a Save
As document would try to recover itself from this Read-Only error (sorry I
don't have the exact wording for this error message)

The Protect Document command shouldn't cause what you are describing. If you
use the Read Only option it doesn't force a Save As. Instead, it locks the
document and you're unable to make modifications except for those areas that
have been marked as exceptions.

If you are saving documents to your local drive and not a network or
external drive then that indicates a third-party conflict. The most common
cause of what you describe is antivirus software. I'm not familiar with
Norton 360 but even though you may have not made any changes Symantec does
push updates to Norton. What would really help with this would be to have
the exact message you have encountered. For example does it just tell you
it's read only or are you encountering a message that says something about a
temp file?

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email cannot be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out:
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"Lenny" wrote in message
...
I'm using Norton 360 but this just happened recently like about 2 weeks
ago
and I haven't changed the settings of the antivirus program. When I press
Ctrl+S it will pop up the Save As window. That's when I see the original
document title say: Title (Read-Only)

Actually I remember that I wanted to understand what the Protect Document
button was all about. I clicked on it during one of my classes and then
that's when this whole Read-Only issue occurred. I've tried unsuccessfully
by
clicking it to Track Changes, and then unchecking the box, but then it's
still the same with all the other documents. And also, there is no
password
set up for that option either.

Is it not possible for Microsoft Word to have an option where they reset
or
make the Protect Document button default to it's original setup again? Or
is
there a way to undo whatever I might have caused by a simple click of an
icon
or option? Otherwise, I'm kind of at a loss right now. It's not a big
deal,
but it is when an error message pops up in a few cases when I periodically
save my document during class sessions and then what would have been a
Save
As document would try to recover itself from this Read-Only error (sorry I
don't have the exact wording for this error message)

This same thing as below is happening to some of our users here. We
use Symantic Antivirus Corporate Edition version 10.1.5. Can't really
pinpoint a date when this started happening. We use Word 2003.

When I press
Ctrl+S it will pop up the Save As window. That's when I see the original
document title say: Title (Read-Only)