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

[hopehavens]

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??

 

[Stefan Blom]

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/...70-3ae9-4aee-8f43-c6bb74cd1466&DisplayLang=en.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


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[hopehavens]

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]

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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[hopehavens]

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!

 

[Stefan Blom]

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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