Hi,

How come all word docs sent to me are always in read-only?? Is there a way
when I open these file they are not in "read-only" so i could edit them at
once?

I tried sending a file to myself which was not saved in read-only. And
then when i opened it ..... yep... it's still a read-only doc.

please help

Save it to your hard drive first then open it. If you're opening it from the
reading/preview pane it'll open read-only

"Rambotan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:1E265C8B-0C42-4295-AD28-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> How come all word docs sent to me are always in read-only?? Is there a way
> when I open these file they are not in "read-only" so i could edit them at
> once?
>
> I tried sending a file to myself which was not saved in read-only. And
> then when i opened it ..... yep... it's still a read-only doc.
>
> please help

thanks for the quick response... besides doing that is there any other way to
receive this files not in "read-only?" and directly edit it



"Vince Averello [MVP-Outlook]" wrote:

> Save it to your hard drive first then open it. If you're opening it from the
> reading/preview pane it'll open read-only
>
> "Rambotan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:1E265C8B-0C42-4295-AD28-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi,
> >
> > How come all word docs sent to me are always in read-only?? Is there a way
> > when I open these file they are not in "read-only" so i could edit them at
> > once?
> >
> > I tried sending a file to myself which was not saved in read-only. And
> > then when i opened it ..... yep... it's still a read-only doc.
> >
> > please help
>
>

Rambotan <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> thanks for the quick response... besides doing that is there any
> other way to receive this files not in "read-only?" and directly edit
> it

Open the message first. Opening an attachment fro the Reading Pane will make
it be read-only.

That said, I think it'a a mistake to open an attachment directly without
saving it first if you intend to edit it.
--
Brian Tillman