Shared doc locked for edit by user with read-only rights

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Word 2000 document in a network folder. One group of users has read-only permission to the folder while another smaller group has modify permission.

If a modify user opens the file he/she can edit it and save changes. If a read-only user opens the file it is a read-only copy and he/she cannot save changes. However, if a read-only user opens the file first then when a modify user opens the file his/her copy is read-only and changes cannot be saved. Apparently Word is placing some kind of lock on the file even though the read-only user does not have permission to change it.

I tried setting a modify password on the document itself and that seems to resolve the problem, however, this work-around means that everyone in the modify group needs to know the password and enter it every time they open the document. Does anyone know of a true fix for this problem???

 

[Charles Kenyon]

I suspect that if the read-only user has only read and view permissions for
the folder, that is, cannot create, delete, or edit anything in the folder,
you won't have this problem.
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Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
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See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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Word 2000 document in a network folder. One group of users has read-only

permission to the folder while another smaller group has modify permission.

If a modify user opens the file he/she can edit it and save changes. If a

read-only user opens the file it is a read-only copy and he/she cannot save
changes. However, if a read-only user opens the file first then when a
modify user opens the file his/her copy is read-only and changes cannot be
saved. Apparently Word is placing some kind of lock on the file even though
the read-only user does not have permission to change it.

I tried setting a modify password on the document itself and that seems to

resolve the problem, however, this work-around means that everyone in the
modify group needs to know the password and enter it every time they open
the document. Does anyone know of a true fix for this problem???