Hi I create this spreadsheet in Excel 2003 it worked a treat. Reinstalled
Office now it only open as a read only file, I have checked the attributes
and they are clear.

Does anybody know why it is driving me insane?

Regards Joel

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there are two reasons a file is in READ ONLY Mode

1) the proerties of the file or directories which it is in is set to READ
ONLY.
2) The computer thinks somebody else is using the file. Sometimes when a
file isn't closed properly (example when a computer crashes) the computer
thinks somebody is using the file when they aren't. You usually need to wait
unitl the computer or server is rebooted. One think you can do is to copy
the file and work with the copy until the computer/server is rebooted.

I also may be that the file is corrupted and need to be repaired. When the
file is open try using the microsoft tool

Start - Program Files - Microsoft Office - Microsoft office Tools -
Microsoft Application Recovery.

"Joel" wrote:

Hi I create this spreadsheet in Excel 2003 it worked a treat. Reinstalled
Office now it only open as a read only file, I have checked the attributes
and they are clear.

Does anybody know why it is driving me insane?

Regards Joel

N/A

Maybe this from Debra Dalgleish's site will help:
http://contextures.com/xlfaqApp.html#ReadOnly

Joel wrote:

Hi I create this spreadsheet in Excel 2003 it worked a treat. Reinstalled
Office now it only open as a read only file, I have checked the attributes
and they are clear.

Does anybody know why it is driving me insane?

Regards Joel

N/A

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Dave Peterson