Archive Attribute

[Guest]

I'm using Word 2003 and trying to create, rename or copy documents. I am
prevented from doing so because the document is listed as Archived under
Properties. This happens on documents that already exist, and also new
documents that I have created from scratch without copying an existing
document as a template. Can someone tell me what sets the Archive attribute?
Thank you.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Your problem must be caused by something else because Word documents always
have the Archive attribute set (which just means that they are "ready for
archiving or backing up").

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

Suzanne,

I did a little more detective work and here is what I found. If I create a
Word doc from scratch and save it to my local drive, then look at the
properties, I see Read Only and Hidden for the attributes. However, if I
take that same document and copy it to our shared network drive, I see the
same two plus an attribute for Archive and it is checked. Is there something
that allows the setting of variables such as this for a whole drive or folder?

Also, on the shared drive, if I uncheck the Archive box, I can move or
rename the file.

Thanks
Gail

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I think this is more a Windows/network issue than a Word issue.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Guest]

Thanks for the help.

I think this is more a Windows/network issue than a Word issue.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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