2003 Unprotected becomes 2007 Protected

[Karin]

A co-worker has a regular 2003 word file that is not protected on her
computer. When she emails it to me and I open it in 2007 it is protected and
I cannot work with it. Any suggestions?

 

[Stefan Blom]

Be sure to save the document to the hard drive before you try to edit it.

Also, note that you may have to do the following: Right-click the icon for
the document. On the context menu, click Properties. Click the Unblock
button (if you see one). For more, see this article:
Description of how the Attachment Manager works in Windows XP Service Pack 2
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883260/en-us