I opened up a Word 2007 document and everywhere I tried to make a correction,
I receive a message on the status bar, "This modification is not allowed
because the selection is blocked." Since my "trial" of Office just expired,
I can only guess that all my documents have been locked until I purchase
Office 2007. I don't want to purchase it now (maybe never) -- not happy with
it. How do I revert all my documents back to 2003? Was this trial thing a
trap??

If you saved the files in Word 2007 format, you must install the Office
Compatibility Pack to open them in Word 2003. See
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"hopehavens" wrote in message
news:49A12E0F-49EF-4B0B-8136-(E-Mail Removed)...
>I opened up a Word 2007 document and everywhere I tried to make a
>correction,
> I receive a message on the status bar, "This modification is not allowed
> because the selection is blocked." Since my "trial" of Office just
> expired,
> I can only guess that all my documents have been locked until I purchase
> Office 2007. I don't want to purchase it now (maybe never) -- not happy
> with
> it. How do I revert all my documents back to 2003? Was this trial thing
> a
> trap??

It IS installed. In fact, I even tried to install it again but it said it
was already installed and could not reinstall. Now what?

"Stefan Blom" wrote:

> If you saved the files in Word 2007 format, you must install the Office
> Compatibility Pack to open them in Word 2003. See
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en.
>
> --
> Stefan Blom
> Microsoft Word MVP
>
>
> "hopehavens" wrote in message
> news:49A12E0F-49EF-4B0B-8136-(E-Mail Removed)...
> >I opened up a Word 2007 document and everywhere I tried to make a
> >correction,
> > I receive a message on the status bar, "This modification is not allowed
> > because the selection is blocked." Since my "trial" of Office just
> > expired,
> > I can only guess that all my documents have been locked until I purchase
> > Office 2007. I don't want to purchase it now (maybe never) -- not happy
> > with
> > it. How do I revert all my documents back to 2003? Was this trial thing
> > a
> > trap??
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

Sorry, I am not sure what is causing this. Have you tried uninstalling the
expired copy of Office 2007?

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"hopehavens" wrote in message
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> It IS installed. In fact, I even tried to install it again but it said it
> was already installed and could not reinstall. Now what?
>
> "Stefan Blom" wrote:
>
>> If you saved the files in Word 2007 format, you must install the Office
>> Compatibility Pack to open them in Word 2003. See
>> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...DisplayLang=en.
>>
>> --
>> Stefan Blom
>> Microsoft Word MVP
>>
>>
>> "hopehavens" wrote in message
>> news:49A12E0F-49EF-4B0B-8136-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >I opened up a Word 2007 document and everywhere I tried to make a
>> >correction,
>> > I receive a message on the status bar, "This modification is not
>> > allowed
>> > because the selection is blocked." Since my "trial" of Office just
>> > expired,
>> > I can only guess that all my documents have been locked until I
>> > purchase
>> > Office 2007. I don't want to purchase it now (maybe never) -- not
>> > happy
>> > with
>> > it. How do I revert all my documents back to 2003? Was this trial
>> > thing
>> > a
>> > trap??
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

The Compatibility Pack had been installed (since the 1st day of the trial).
There must have just been some kind of bleep going on. Anyway, I uninstalled
the trial software and now everything works fine. Thanks very much!

"hopehavens" wrote:

> I opened up a Word 2007 document and everywhere I tried to make a correction,
> I receive a message on the status bar, "This modification is not allowed
> because the selection is blocked." Since my "trial" of Office just expired,
> I can only guess that all my documents have been locked until I purchase
> Office 2007. I don't want to purchase it now (maybe never) -- not happy with
> it. How do I revert all my documents back to 2003? Was this trial thing a
> trap??

I'm glad you got it sorted.

My guess is that uninstalling Office 2007 made it possible for Word 2003 to
"reclaim" the file associations.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"hopehavens" wrote in message
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> The Compatibility Pack had been installed (since the 1st day of the
> trial).
> There must have just been some kind of bleep going on. Anyway, I
> uninstalled
> the trial software and now everything works fine. Thanks very much!
>
> "hopehavens" wrote:
>
>> I opened up a Word 2007 document and everywhere I tried to make a
>> correction,
>> I receive a message on the status bar, "This modification is not allowed
>> because the selection is blocked." Since my "trial" of Office just
>> expired,
>> I can only guess that all my documents have been locked until I purchase
>> Office 2007. I don't want to purchase it now (maybe never) -- not happy
>> with
>> it. How do I revert all my documents back to 2003? Was this trial thing
>> a
>> trap??