This modification is not allowed because the selection is locked :s

Anonymous
2010-02-13T21:14:19+00:00
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Hiya.

So I keep getting the above message only on my Microsoft WORD Document. When I open the Document everything is locked - I cannot click anywhere.

Initially I thought it was beacuse I was using the trail version, so I installed a full version of Office Home and Student 2007 (My sister lend me her disk, it had 2 download licenses remaining, so I used one). Everything else: Excel, Powerpoint, OneNote is working fine. But the WORD document is still locked.

I would really appriciate your help.

Thanks.

Microsoft 365 and Office | Word | For home | Windows

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Anonymous
2010-02-13T21:37:52+00:00

Hi. I cracked it, and thought i would share it with you.

All I had to do was to close the document, write click on properties > Advance and uncheck 'File is ready for archiving' and 'Allow this document to have file indexed in addition to ....' > click on ok and it worked.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-02-08T23:07:58+00:00

    I tried this and it did not work for me at all

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-01-08T21:07:52+00:00

    DO NOT UNBDERSTAND DO A RIGHT CLICK WERE? I THINK YOU CAN BE MORE SPECIFIC

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-11-26T19:29:09+00:00

    I have to such option.

    no documents are open.. I dotn have an advance option

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-10-29T14:50:18+00:00

    All you have to do is close the document, write click on properties > Advance and uncheck 'File is ready for archiving' and 'Allow this document to have file indexed in addition to ....' > click on ok and it worked.

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