Office 2007 "Read Only"

[OG]

Word and Excel 2007 applications opens work created using 2003 applications
as "Read Only" in "Compatiblity" mode. I guessed that would be O.K., except
that I can not edit work and save it because the file is -- you guessed
it -- "Read Only".

Here is what I have tried:

Ensured that *none* of my previous work is marked as *Read Only* (or, in the
case of Access, refuse to even open a database, providing me with an error
message that the database is "locked".)
Set default format via: Options | Save | Save files in this format:
(word/excel) 97-2003
I have also gone to Options | Trust Center | Trust Center Settings | Trusted
Locations and set my data locations as "trusted" and have included
"subfolders" as trusted.

What I want to do is open work that was created in an earlier version, edit
the work, and save the changes without having to change the file name or the
file extension.

How do I do this???

TIA,
Steve

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Are you running a full version, activated version of Office or a trial
version?

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

 

[OG]

Are you running a full version, activated version of Office or a trial
version?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

Full version, fresh install, activated.
I did have to activate MS PhotoDraw in order to pass the activation test so
I could access updates.
Steve

 

[OG]

JoAnn:
FYI, the problem appears to reside within Microsoft Vista permissions on a
stand-alone (non-Domain) PC.
I have identified two possible solutions:
1. Visit each of the thousands of documents, spread-sheets,
presentations, and projects and, one at a time, give read/write permissions
to each PC user.
2. Promote each PC user to Local Machine Administrator, thus
bypassing a major portion of Vista's security schema.

This is getting uuuugly...
Steve

Are you running a full version, activated version of Office or a trial
version?

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

Word and Excel 2007 applications opens work created using 2003
applications as "Read Only" in "Compatiblity" mode. I guessed that would
be O.K., except that I can not edit work and save it because the file
is -- you guessed it -- "Read Only".

Here is what I have tried:

Ensured that *none* of my previous work is marked as *Read Only* (or, in
the case of Access, refuse to even open a database, providing me with an
error message that the database is "locked".)
Set default format via: Options | Save | Save files in this format:
(word/excel) 97-2003
I have also gone to Options | Trust Center | Trust Center Settings |
Trusted Locations and set my data locations as "trusted" and have
included "subfolders" as trusted.

What I want to do is open work that was created in an earlier version,
edit the work, and save the changes without having to change the file
name or the file extension.

How do I do this???

TIA,
Steve