Hi ....,
Some other things to check or try:
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/readonly.htm
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"Bob Phillips" wrote in message ...
This is sometimes (usually?) attributable to the windows temp directory.

Empty out that directory, and then reboot your PC.

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RP
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"lschuh" wrote in message
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I had a transferspreadsheet coming from Access and it all of a sudden quit
working. In looking at the spreadsheet it appears that it is read-only.
How
do I remove that from my spreadsheet and why is it suddenly there?