Locked Documents

[phil]

I recently finished typinig a paper for a class. I saved it under save as in my documents, and when I went to make some revisions, I found that I could not do anything. The message at the bottom of the screen was saying "modification could not be made because document is locked." However, I did not lock it, and furthermore, every time I start up the Word program, to try to begin a new paper, I can't even type the first letter. Every time the same message appears, so basically I have no ability to use Word at all.

What should I do? How can I get back into the program, and how do I make sure the documents aren't "locked" and prevent his from happening in the future.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Chances are good that you need to activate your copy of Word. Check under
the Help menu. If there is a command there about "Activate" try it. If you
have a version that doesn't require activation there won't be such a
command. If you have already activated, it will tell you that.

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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:
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Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)
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See also the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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I recently finished typinig a paper for a class. I saved it under save as

in my documents, and when I went to make some revisions, I found that I
could not do anything. The message at the bottom of the screen was saying
"modification could not be made because document is locked." However, I did
not lock it, and furthermore, every time I start up the Word program, to try
to begin a new paper, I can't even type the first letter. Every time the
same message appears, so basically I have no ability to use Word at all.

What should I do? How can I get back into the program, and how do I make

sure the documents aren't "locked" and prevent his from happening in the
future.