My speadsheet won't change out of Read Only - Help!!

[Guest]

any help on how to change the read only option from an excell spreadshet
would be greatly appreciated. I have been through properties etc and the read
only option is NOT highlighted, so not sure whats going on.
I am trying to create a spreadsheet but am not able to update it and save
because of this read only problem

regards

Shelley Parkin

 

[Dave Peterson]

Excel talks to windows, too.

If that file is marked as ReadOnly, then excel will respect that.

If the file is on a drive that you only have Readonly access, then excel/windows
knows that, too.

Any chance???

 

[Nick Hodge]

Shelley

Is the error 'The file is locked by xxx'?

If so, try re-booting the machine to release the lock. If it is on a
network, try getting other users to close it

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HTH
Nick Hodge
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Southampton, England
(e-mail address removed)