how do I unlock a document created by myself??

[Brian Coghlan]

I think we all understand now that after 25 bypasses, the program doesn't
work unless you "buy it". The problem is, the program doesn't tell you that
you eventually have to register it (meaning you are going to need a cd key).
I, amongst many other people I presume, have my resume in Microsoft Word 2007
and often open the document just to copy it and then paste it on a website.
I can no longer do this.

Is there a way to copy this document? It lets me highlight it but not copy.
Very frustrating, its not like the program lets you know that after you close
it you can't touch anything or access anyhting you have unless you spend
money.

 

[Graham Mayor]

Ask someone with a working Word 2007 to save the document as RTF and you can
open it in a variety of appliocations, including WordPad that comes free
with Windows.

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[frustrated]

I have been scanning some documents and have not been having problems, but
now I'm trying to scan documents but it will not let me save copy or paste
them. I not allowed to do anything. I've tried everything still cant do
anything.

 

[Stefan Blom]

You need so-called OCR software to convert the scanned data into editable
text.

 

[Poppy]

hi I had the same problem as you guys but luckily i just managed to sort it
out. I bought mine from dell and they sent me everything already installed on
the computer but they also sent me the disk with office on to me on the back
of the it says the product key. when i first went on to word i ignored the
product key because i thougt it wasnt needed then after 25 times it locked
and i was really, really annouyed. So then i decided to go find the disk and
type in the product key i tiped it in and then it was still locked then i
closed it down the opened up word agian and then it asked me toupdate it and
now it works. oh and by the way i'm only 12 so i thought i did quite well
figureing it out lol.

 

[Chuck]

Steph, did you get your problem resolved? I have a similar problem. My
Microsoft applications are all locked and grayed out. I have no clue what I
could have hit or clicked to lock my applications. Can you are anyone help
me?

Thanks in advance,

Chuck

 

[Yves Dhondt]

If they are all locked, your trail version has probably ended and you will
have to buy product.

Yves

 

[donD]

This is the is exactly what I am going thru right now. The product key I
have been trying to use is on the bottom of my laptop and it will not except
it. Is this fixed by upgrading the Vista package or a service patch?

 

[JoAnn Paules]

No. Read that label again (or for the first time). It does not any anything
about Office, that's the one for Windows. If you paid extra for Office, call
the computer manufacturer where to find the label. If you don't know if you
paid extra for Office, assume that you only got a trial version and it is
now time to pay for the suite.

 

[sherrie254]

I have the same issue & have walk thru all of those steps and still no luck.
Need help!

 

[Phyllis at Croton]

This happened to me also a few days ago. I saved a Word document on my
desktop, then hit "X" to close and got a message: saving to Lazerfische (I
don't have access to that) and now all my Word docs can only be opened by
double click/hit open/recent docs. When it opens, I cannot edit - nor use
the scroll button and the curser seems to be stuck at a random point in the
document. Tried saving in another format-cutting & pasting and nothing
changes. We do have Lazerfische on our server - could that possibly cause a
problem?

 

[Joyce A. Johnson]

Hi Carol my Word document is also locked how to I unlock this...i am a
student and I have to turn in a paper into the Professsor on tomorrow
(Monday, July 20) please respond as soon as you can....

 

[janeifers]

I have also created a document and it has locked, how do I unlock this
document?

 

[Stefan Blom]

Unprotect the document. In Word 2003, click Tools | Unprotect Document. In
Word 2007, click Stop Protection in the Restrict Formatting and Editing pane
(which you can display by clicking Developer tab | Protect Document).

On the other hand, if all documents are locked in Word, you most likely need
to activate Word or, if you are using an expired trial version, buy a full
version of Word/Office.

 

[bj]

Most of these areas are not available and I don't know why. Actually I was
typing on a laptop and accidentally 'DID SOMETHING" by mistake. And now
cannot add to document.

 

[bj]

I was trying to access permission. But it will not highlight.

 

[Graham Mayor]

Word 2007? From your description it appears that the Office 2007 trial on
your laptop may have now expired.

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

And it that's the case, there will be a message in the Status Bar.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

 

[shabba]

yes
cant locate lock on toolbar

Have you tried Tools | Unprotect Document? Or Using your Forms toolbar,
clicking on the lock icon? If the document is password protected, you will
need to know the password.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

What version of Word are you using? If it's Word 2003 or earlier, the "lock"
icon is on the Forms toolbar, as stated. If it's Word 2007, find the
Protect Document pane on the Review tab.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org