You could try clearing the temp file on your machine, as described he

http://www.contextures.com/xlfaqApp.html#ReadOnly

Larry Wallis wrote:
I have a file which is stored on our company network.

Accessing the file from my machine gives me the option to open it as
read only. On another employee machine however, it doesn't give this
option.

Does anyone know why this is and how to fix please?

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Debra Dalgleish
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