"open as read-only" office applications

Hi,

when i try to open office documents (excel, word..) by holding down shift
key, they are not opened as read only. this option is by design? if it is
by design why this option occurs in context menu? any idea??

Thnx.

I'm not sure what you are referring to but I can tell you holding
Shift to open in read-only is not 'by design'. Holding Shift and
opening an Office document will prevent any automatic macros from
running - it doesn't open them in read-only.

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

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

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
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"Alper Temel" wrote in message
...
Hi,

when i try to open office documents (excel, word..) by holding down
shift key, they are not opened as read only. this option is by
design? if it is by design why this option occurs in context menu?
any idea??

Thnx.

i mean, when we hold down shift key and right click on excel file (office
2003) , "open as read-only" option appears in context menu. when i select
"open as read-only" option , it is not really open as read only.



"Beth Melton" wrote in message
...
I'm not sure what you are referring to but I can tell you holding Shift to
open in read-only is not 'by design'. Holding Shift and opening an Office
document will prevent any automatic macros from running - it doesn't open
them in read-only.

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

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

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


"Alper Temel" wrote in message
...
Hi,

when i try to open office documents (excel, word..) by holding down shift
key, they are not opened as read only. this option is by design? if it
is by design why this option occurs in context menu? any idea??

Thnx.

Ah! Now I understand what you are referring to and I see what you are
referring to - the files are not opening as read-only.

A quick check of the file type and I see the problem - and it looks
like a bug.

You can manually correct it if you want:
- Open an Exploring window
- Go to Tools/Folder Options
- Select the File Types tab
- Select the "Microsoft Excel Worksheet" file type (XLS)
- Click the "Advanced" command
- Select "Open as Read Only"
- Click "Edit"
- Change the DDE message to:
[open("%1",,1)]

- For Word edit the Microsoft Word Document file type (DOC)
- Change the DDE Message to:
[AppShow][REM _DDE_ReadWriteOnSave][FileOpen .Name="%1",.ReadOnly=1]

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

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

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


"Alper Temel" wrote in message
...
i mean, when we hold down shift key and right click on excel file
(office 2003) , "open as read-only" option appears in context menu.
when i select "open as read-only" option , it is not really open as
read only.



"Beth Melton" wrote in message
...
I'm not sure what you are referring to but I can tell you holding
Shift to open in read-only is not 'by design'. Holding Shift and
opening an Office document will prevent any automatic macros from
running - it doesn't open them in read-only.

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

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

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


"Alper Temel" wrote in message
...
Hi,

when i try to open office documents (excel, word..) by holding
down shift key, they are not opened as read only. this option is
by design? if it is by design why this option occurs in context
menu? any idea??

Thnx.

thank you

"Beth Melton" wrote in message
...
Ah! Now I understand what you are referring to and I see what you are
referring to - the files are not opening as read-only.

A quick check of the file type and I see the problem - and it looks like a
bug.

You can manually correct it if you want:
- Open an Exploring window
- Go to Tools/Folder Options
- Select the File Types tab
- Select the "Microsoft Excel Worksheet" file type (XLS)
- Click the "Advanced" command
- Select "Open as Read Only"
- Click "Edit"
- Change the DDE message to:
[open("%1",,1)]

- For Word edit the Microsoft Word Document file type (DOC)
- Change the DDE Message to:
[AppShow][REM _DDE_ReadWriteOnSave][FileOpen .Name="%1",.ReadOnly=1]

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

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

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


"Alper Temel" wrote in message
...
i mean, when we hold down shift key and right click on excel file (office
2003) , "open as read-only" option appears in context menu. when i select
"open as read-only" option , it is not really open as read only.



"Beth Melton" wrote in message
...
I'm not sure what you are referring to but I can tell you holding Shift
to open in read-only is not 'by design'. Holding Shift and opening an
Office document will prevent any automatic macros from running - it
doesn't open them in read-only.

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

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

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


"Alper Temel" wrote in message
...
Hi,

when i try to open office documents (excel, word..) by holding down
shift key, they are not opened as read only. this option is by design?
if it is by design why this option occurs in context menu? any idea??

Thnx.