Excel opens in "read only" mode as an attachment

[scb]

How do I disable excel 2003 to open as read only when is
an attachment in outlook 2003?

 

[Trevor Shuttleworth]

When you open an Outlook attachment, it opens the file in your Temporary
folder. I guess this is to protect you from changing the file, "saving" the
file into the Temporary folder, assuming it is safe and perhaps deleting it
at a later date. The Read-only status forces you to save the file
elsewhere.

Regards

Trevor

 

[scb]

the thing is this doesn't happen to the other office apps.
only excel behaves like this. for instance, i can open and
*.doc document attached to an email, make changes and save
it. i was thinking that sp 1 for office 2003 is the cause,
but i test it with and witout SP1. same result for excel.
also this i never had this issue with office xp.

thanks,

scb

 

[Lady Layla]

In Excel go to tools options general and uncheck ignore other applications


: How do I disable excel 2003 to open as read only when is
: an attachment in outlook 2003?

 

[Dave Peterson]

We use xl2k and outlook2k at work and they don't behave this way.

I don't have access to them right now, but is there a chance that the workbook
was saved as readonly before it was sent to you (just a guess)?