word document "locked"

[Guest]

I am trying to make changes to a document and I can't
because I get a message saying the document is locked.
How do I unlock it?

 

[garfield-n-odie]

If you're using Word 2002 or 2003, have you activated it? From Word,
click on Help | Activate Product. If you're already activated, you'll
get a message saying that. If you haven't, an activation wizard will start.

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

tools, unprotect document...

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[Guest]

-----Original Message-----
I am trying to make changes to a document and I can't
because I get a message saying the document is locked.
How do I unlock it?
.
I don't have an answer. But I share this problem.

Tech support couldn't unlock it. Perhaps it is a "glitch"
in this program. Dell, and MS tech support could not
solve it. I had to uninstall the program to get out of
it! OUCH!!
If you find an answer please forward it to me.
Thank you.

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

See the article "I keep getting files that I am working on locked for
editing. Word only allows me to open them read-only" at:

http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/LockedFiles.htm


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Hope this helps
Doug Robbins - Word MVP