Dialog Box

[Guest]

I loaded Office 97 onto Windows XP successfully. All works ok.
When I open up an existing Word document, a dialog box pops up saying: This
document is currently being used. Do I want to make a copy?
I say no. Then I can continue to work on my document.

Question:
How do we eliminate this dialog box from popping up everytime I open an
existing document?

 

[Charles Kenyon]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/index.htm.
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Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide




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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/DocInUse.htm

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[Guest]

Thank you to Charles and Suzanne for responding to my question. Your links
have been saved to my Favourites and look like they can be very useful.

If I may expand on my first post -
When I open a new document in Word, it opens up fine, saves and closes fine.
It's only when I go to re-open the document that the message as written
below comes up.

The same thing also happens in Excel. I'm wondering if there is a conflict
with the name the technician gave the computer and the name I gave Office 97
when I loaded it onto the computer.

Any further assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.