You're welcome.....I wish I could have offered a specific fix.......these
things are really kinda flaky and I sure understnad how frustrating it can
be. Give these suggestions a try, and if need be, come on back with some
more data and we'll try again......oh, one thing I forgot to mention....you
might try a Virus scan of your system, if you haven't already.....

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3


"Kathryn" wrote in message
...
Thankyou for your help - I will try it! This has been driving crazy,

cheers,
Kathryn

"CLR" wrote:

Sometimes when taking files off of a CD they will act like that....in
that
case just have to copy them to Hard Drive first, then take them from the
Hard Drive. See if someone else can open one of your errant files. And,
have someone give you a small file on a Floppy and see if it's the same
way.....if your computer is the only way they act like this, then, the
only
thing I can think is maybe your installation of Excel is corrupt.

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3



"Kathryn" wrote in message
...
I occurs with all workbooks. I thought that they might be write
protected,
but when I go to 'file' - 'properties' - 'general tab' the
'attributes'
field
is not highlighted so I can't make any changes?

"CLR" wrote:

Does this occur will ALL workbooks, or only certain
ones.........maybe
just
ones from a certain directory or drive?

Vaya con Dios,
Chuck, CABGx3


"Kathryn" wrote:

When I email my workbook, it is received as 'read only' I can't
find
out why.