How to turn off the reviewing, editing, and view feature?

Anonymous
2022-09-01T19:39:16+00:00

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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  1. Anonymous
    2023-02-22T20:55:31+00:00

    For what it's worth I have had a case open with Microsoft for weeks on this and they got back to me today with this repsonse.

    I wanted you to know that

    • we discussed this issue with our Technical advisers our  senior experts
    • But there is no workaround for this. It is by design Behavior.

    The same information has been passed to me from the higher level team

    I am really not sure what we are going to do as a new solution if MS has no intention of resolving this. I considered converting my thousands of documents to dotm format so that I can enter data into the form fields however opening dotm files from Sharepoint Online doesn't actually open as new Documents....so that won't help at all. Is anyone entertaining other ideas of how to proceed or still have cases they are battling with Microsoft?

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  2. Anonymous
    2023-02-21T18:34:30+00:00

    For what it's worth I have had a case open with Microsoft for weeks on this and they got back to me today with this repsonse.

    I wanted you to know that

    • we discussed this issue with our Technical advisers our  senior experts
    • But there is no workaround for this. It is by design Behavior.

    The same information has been passed to me from the higher level team

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  3. Anonymous
    2023-02-21T16:14:33+00:00

    Updating to the most up-to-date version in current channel (Version 2301 Build 16.0.16026.20196) and closing and reopening word twice (This thread mentions that that works sometimes) has not resolved this issue.

    Bob, can you confirm the viewing button is still gone for your version of Word?

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  4. Anonymous
    2023-02-15T15:58:25+00:00

    I still do not have this issue when I lock my document in "filling in forms" but that has been how forms functioned for me for several years now.

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  5. Anonymous
    2023-02-15T15:49:31+00:00

    We are also having this issue, the update seems to have completely broken the form fillable elements of Word when using a read only document. The only way around it appears to be making our users save the form to their PC. A thing we 100% totally and utterly don't want them to do.

    0/10 for this update

    It really seems Microsoft would rather have enterprise users purchase old licenses rather than subscribe to a service that breaks key functionality for a monthly fee.

    Especially since this issue has been flagged by the community for several months now.

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