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Old 10-23-2020, 03:42 AM
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Hi. Please can anyone Help? For years I have saved WORD filed (letters etc) and later reopened them, added minor details, and saved them as a different file.
Recently any file I save cannot be amended when reopened. They show as "read only".


How can I be sure that future files will be editable when reopened.

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Old 10-23-2020, 07:34 AM
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You should be using templates, not files. When you double-click on a template, it opens a new document, with the content from the template, which is then saved. Re-using documents is asking for trouble. Templates in Microsoft Word
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Try going to File > Info > Protect Document. In that dropdown menu, click on the button that says "always open read-only".
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