Word 2007: Page Setup options "Greyed Out"

[Mark Harris]

I have a document that was sent to me in Word 2007 format. Docx. It appears
to have been an export from PDF at some point in it's life. It is usable and
edittable as it is, but the Page Setup options such as Margins are
unavailable. Word simply GREYS OUT the Margin option, along with Orientation
Size and Columns and Breaks.

Is there anyway to tell Word to treat this as a regular document to be
freely editted and changed?

 

[CyberTaz]

It sounds like the document has had some level of Protection applied to it.
Take a look in the Tools menu & see if Unprotect Document appears there. If
it does you can possibly remove the protection by selecting that command,
but that isn't likely... Especially if a password was used.

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Mark Harris]

The box is checked for 'Unrestricted Access'...

I am Stumped.

 

[John McGhie]

Hi Mark:

In that case, the document is corrupt.

Copy everything EXCEPT the very last paragraph mark, and paste it into a new
file.

You may have to remove any section breaks in the original first. And you
will have to reset the margins and paper size afterwards.

Cheers

The box is checked for 'Unrestricted Access'...

I am Stumped.

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[Mark Harris]

Thanks John. I think your suggestion to copy everything and paste into new
doc is probably my only option. Thanks agin.

m

 

[Mark Harris]

One othet thing, this document is easy to edit, and can be saved without
issue. I have even saved iot to the older version of Word (2003) and then
opened THAT file and did a CONVERT to Word2007. Same issue persists. So, I
really don't think the file is corrupt, but I think you suggestion to copy
everything and paste it to a blank document that is freshly created should
work.

M

 

[John McGhie]

There is a very low-level corruption that can produce this symptom.

It's very rare, but the master section break at the end of the document can
develop a slight corruption.

When that happens, one or more if its property containers will turn "read
only". What you are observing is exactly the effect this can produce.

Since the corruption affects only one of the property containers, not the
text, everything else in the document works: it's just that you can't change
"some" settings. Just which ones depends on which container corrupted!

Copying into a new document replaces the faulty container, so it again
becomes read/write, and the document will then behave normally.

Hope this helps

One othet thing, this document is easy to edit, and can be saved without
issue. I have even saved iot to the older version of Word (2003) and then
opened THAT file and did a CONVERT to Word2007. Same issue persists. So, I
really don't think the file is corrupt, but I think you suggestion to copy
everything and paste it to a blank document that is freshly created should
work.

M

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