How do I turn off READ ONLY permanently???

Hi Stefan,

I'm not using Outlook, I use Thunderbird.  It doesn't matter what email program it is the Doc (or Spreadsheet) still comes over as Read Only.....it's a Microsoft Office thing......frustrating as hell, I constantly send docs to other members of staff, they edit them and send them back...every time Read Only and every time I (and they) need to Save As a different doc name!

I say again, the answer is a simple user controlled switch box:  "Leave my documents alone, do not make them Read Only"

Regards

Chris

I have to disagree Stefan,

There is an error at work here, but there is also the issue that any doc sent by email turns up on the other end as READ ONLY.....and that is Microsoft protecting me when I don't want to be.

Are you using Outlook for e-mail? Outlook (2010, if I remember correctly) removed the ability to edit e-mail attachments without saving them to the local drive first, and for a very good reason, I believe. The reason was that many people used to edit attachments opened directly from an e-mail and then they lost their changes when they closed the attachment. Of course, you could argue that this would only happen to inexperienced users. Anyway, my point is that if you want this to change, you have to post a suggestion in the Outlook section of the Uservoice forum at https://outlook.uservoice.com/forums/322590-outlook-2016-for-windows. Or you could use some other e-mail program, of course.

In the message to which you replied, I specifically commented on the permissions issue only: "Note that when you see a message referring to permission issues, it isn't Microsoft trying to protect you from yourself. On the contrary, you have run into an error, of course."

I have to disagree Stefan,

There is an error at work here, but there is also the issue that any doc sent by email turns up on the other end as READ ONLY.....and that is Microsoft protecting me when I don't want to be.

Yes Stwphen that is exactly what happens.  Yesterday I right clicked on a doc, unchkd readonly, clicked appmy and save.  Then I edited the doc, and saved it. I opened it a couple of hrs later and it was readonly again.

I am only using home office MS not the commercial suite as suggested in other posts.

Note that my suggestion was to look for the option called "Unblock." If you actually see the read-only option checked in the Properties window, then a permissions error is the most likely underlying cause. That would mean a file system issue, not an issue with Word.

By the way, who is Stephen?

Really, why can't we have a tick box:

"I'm an adult, I don't need Microsoft to baby sit me, I can make my own decisions. Give me full access to all the documents and settings on my PC"

Note that when you see a message referring to permission issues, it isn't Microsoft trying to protect you from yourself. On the contrary, you have run into an error, of course.