anyone know about locked douments and how to unlcok them?

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
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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
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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.

"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.

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.

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.

"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.

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.

"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.

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.