Cannot edit Word document because "selection is locked" --??

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

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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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!
 
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.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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