"Locked" document

[Lisa]

I can't type anything in Word or Excel and in Word it says at the bottom of the screen "this modification is not allowed because the document is locked"

 

[Cindy M -WordMVP-]

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I can't type anything in Word or Excel and in Word it says at the bottom of the screen "this modification is not allowed because the document is locked"

Version of Word? Did you get any warnings when opening the file? Where does the file come from?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep 30 2003)
http://www.mvps.org/word

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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Have you activated the application (Help | Activate Product)? See “OFFXP:
About Office Activation and Reduced Functionality” at
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=293151

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Words into Type
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I can't type anything in Word or Excel and in Word it says at the bottom

of the screen "this modification is not allowed because the document is
locked"

 

[Lisa]

I tried going to the Help menu and then "activate product". It says "your beta software has expired - upgrade or use add or remove programs"

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

Well, that's the answer. You're using a beta product that has expired. You
can either uninstall it or buy the full retail product and upgrade.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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I tried going to the Help menu and then "activate product". It says "your

beta software has expired - upgrade or use add or remove programs"

 

[Joe]