problems opening excel shared workbook

[liz.blackett]

the following error messages are occurring one after the
other on opening the file i.e cancel one message or Ok the
message and the next nmessage appears

the file is locked try again later

cannot be accessed. the file maybe read only or you may be
trying to access a read only location or the server the
document is stored on may not be responding

file is locked in order to save changes to the file you
may either close the file before making any changes and
then reopen it. use file save as (file menu) to save the
file under a new file name or turn off shared workbook and
then save the file.

document not saved (after attempting save as command)

 

[Jonathan Rynd]

the following error messages are occurring one after the
other on opening the file

Say more about the file. Where is it stored? You mentioned that it is
"shared" -- what does that mean? Are other people accessing the workbook
at the same time as you? How is it shared?