This occurs when you save to a CD because CD burners create read-only
copies. You can't edit them directly on the CD (usually). This shouldn't
occur on a floppy, and I can't imagine why it would be, but you might want
to read up on using floppies anyway:
http://www.officearticles.com/misc/w...oft_office.htm
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Hope it helps!
Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com

"worken" wrote in message
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Every time I save a back-up copy of my workbooks to a cd or a floppy, the
back-up is automaticaly saved as a "read-only" file. Is there a way to
stop
this automatic attribute assignment?