word 97 can't open protected files read-only

[Guest]

I use word 97 and I can save protected *.doc files with password. They are
protected for editing. After that wnen I try to open the files, a small
window appears with two buttons. One button is for opening the file with
password for editing. The other button is for read-only mode. I can open the
file with password. But when I click on the read-only button, I receive an
error. I can not open protected files with word 97 in read only mode. Please
help !

 

[Doug Robbins]

It's been a long time, but this was an issue that I think had something to
do with either too much available space on the hard disk to too much memory.
It was probably the former and could be overcome by creating a large swap
file on the harddisk.

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