Document switch to become Read-Only when it's not suppose to

Lee

Thanks for the hands up. I also believe that PaperPort has been reported as
causing this as well as some network tools.

Terry

"LeeN" <LeeN RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BEB11548-75E9-4CE1-9FCA-1141EE7C4B1A@microsoft.com...
>I solved this problem on my machine by disabling the Adobe Acrobat PDF
>Maker
> COM add-in. When that add-in is enabled, some of my documents were, on
> their
> own, becoming read-only while open. After disabling that add-in, this
> problem no longer occurs.
>
> Lee
>
>
>
>
> "Terry Farrell" wrote:
>
>> Sounds like a bad third party add-in running on your computer. Check what
>> you have installed that your colleagues don't have.
>>
>> --
>> Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
>>
>> "PSYCHO" <PSYCHO RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:4CDB7DDF-B1AF-481D-AAD2-D91F1B830DA5@microsoft.com...
>> >I am having the same problem with Word. It opens documents with the
>> >"read
>> > only" format and I must rename to save it. I am on a network and run
>> > XP
>> > on
>> > my computer. Other users can open the same files and make changes
>> > without
>> > this bug, so I can assume that it can only be a problem with my
>> > settings
>> > or
>> > program.
>> >
>> > Any solutions?
>> >
>> >
>> > "LeeN" wrote:
>> >
>> >> I am having this same problem in Word 2007. The document changes to
>> >> read-only (with "(read only)" after the name in the title bar, on its
>> >> own
>> >> for no apparent reason. Two facts that might help debug this. It
>> >> started
>> >> doing this after I installed a major update from the Office Update
>> >> site.
>> >> I
>> >> had also installed Adobe Acrobat Pro 8 a few weeks ago, but the
>> >> problem
>> >> did
>> >> not start occurring until after the office update.
>>
>>