I didn't save my document as read-only, how do I change it?

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AMatts - 21 Mar 2008 20:13 GMT

I opened a document on my computer that I originally created a couple days
ago on my Vista computer. It is a word document that is saved as a word
97-2003 document. I want to get rid of the "read-only". I didn not save it
as read only. When I click on help all I find is how to save a document as
read only and it says to first click on the microsoft office button, then
click save as, then click on tools. Well, I cannot find "Tools" in the
drop-down list in order to get to the next option of clicking on general
options. Can anyone help?

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Graham Mayor - 22 Mar 2008 07:02 GMT

A document will open as read only if for some reason its lock file has not
been deleted. Save with a new filename then delete the temporary files
associated with it - see
http://www.gmayor.com/what_to_do_when_word_crashes.htm .

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> I opened a document on my computer that I originally created a couple
> days ago on my Vista computer. It is a word document that is saved
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> Well, I cannot find "Tools" in the drop-down list in order to get to
> the next option of clicking on general options. Can anyone help?

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