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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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Thank you Microsoft for adding back this capability. I can confirm the current update channel adds this functionality.
The way we have everything setup the visual basic script tells word to open the document with read only as false. Not sure if this is why ours started working again or not. Our setup basically takes fields from a text file numbered 1-999 and moves them into those fields in a word template with the same numbered fields 1-999.
I can confirm that in Word ver. 2303 (Current Channel) after opening a read only document, Word enters Viewing mode but you can then allow editing:
We updated to the latest Version 2302 and the issue appears to be resolved for our needs. Hope this may have helped everyone else.
Please let me know how this goes. It's been a nightmare here! Good luck!