i get a message that i cant type because the selection is locked..

[erica]

It wont let me type any more to a file i have opened to add to. It says i
cant modify anything because the selection is locked.

 

[Brian]

Have you activated Word (Help | Activate Product), or are you using a trial
version that has expired?

otherwise see

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

Hope this helps

 

[erica]

I believe that is my problem because it always prompts me for a product key.
But I never got one with my computer, so do you know how i can get it?

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

By purchasing the product.