Turn off Word 2003 opening in Read Only by clicking on .doc
by U3RlcGhhbmllIEdpbmE » Thu, 26 Jul 2007 23:26:07 GMT
I want to open .doc documents in Word by double clicking on the file in
Windows Explorer, but they always open in Read Only. I am currently running
XP Home Edition 5.1 SP 2 with MS Word 2003 SP 2.
In XP the file properties are NOT set to Read Only nor is the file type
(.doc) association configured to open as Read Only.
If I open Word first then open the file, it is in edit mode. As well, the
security options in Word for the document(s) do NOT have Read Only
recommended checked off.
What have I missed?
Cheers,
Stephanie
RE: Turn off Word 2003 opening in Read Only by clicking on .doc
by YWJz » Fri, 27 Jul 2007 02:32:01 GMT
In Word, Tools/Options/General/Uncheck Allow starting in Reading Layout.
RE: Turn off Word 2003 opening in Read Only by clicking on .doc
by U3RlcGhhbmllIEdpbmE » Sat, 28 Jul 2007 04:54:01 GMT
Thanks Abs, but nope, still opens documents in Read Only.
Funny thing is, this only happens when I double click to open. If I use
Open With, no problemo.
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Stephanie