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Since the reviewing, editing, and viewing feature I cannot copy and paste from a read only document. I have to gain access to even copy and paste. My job requires me to copy and paste from upwards of 10 documents. Since word won't let me copy and paste from a read-only or viewing document I have to check them out of our SVN every time. Does anyone know how to turn this feature off and go back to the original word?
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I think the bug might be fixed now. I am able to copy from a 'viewing' only document for the first time today since posting this. Can others now copy and paste from a 'viewing' only doc?
Thanks! This fixed one customer site. The other was an issue with their profile. Create a new profile for them and they were good. Thanks again!
No fix yet- I'm just dealing with it. It's frustrating to have to add a 'click' to my process, but I can still use the program, so that's something. It adds a little bit of time to each document I open. One new 'click' on each document adds up when I deal with hundreds of them. (I had over 500 last month alone). so you can see my frustration :)
Hi. I found this thread after having a similar issue with our church office computers. Ironically, we are using a site license for 2 computers. My office manager's computer will not let her edit anything. Mine works fine, allowing me to download and edit the same document. We have the same updates. I truly do not know why the discrepancy.
Thank you, appreciate the efforts! Hopefully they can get the update to hold