It seems that some people can see the read-only option on their file menu and
others cannot. I use this option after I select Open, then select the file
and right-click to get the list of options. Open Read-Only is one of the
options but not every computer has this listed. Is this an option that can
be changed?

I can't possibly protect every file so as a safety precaution we like to
open files with the read-only option when we just want to take a look at
something or print something.

Thanks
Marnie