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How do I 'unlock' it when it says my document is locked?
I haven't used Excel for a couple days, today I opened it up and tried
creating a spreadsheet, and it wouldn't let me type any text in. I opened Word, out of curiosity, and it won't let me create a new document in Word either. The message at the bottom of the screen says, "This modification is not allowed because the document is locked." What does this mean and how to take this "lock" off? I've had my new computer for about 2 months and never registered Microsoft Office, but I've never registered any previous copies either and never had this problem. Anyone had this happen before? |
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How do I 'unlock' it when it says my document is locked?
Sounds like an "Activation" issue.
Office 2002 and 2003 require activation(not registration).........older versions did not. After about 50 uses with no activation, Office products will cease to be functional. See this KB article for how to fix. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316032/en-us Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP On Tue, 25 Apr 2006 16:55:01 -0700, sdl121 wrote: I haven't used Excel for a couple days, today I opened it up and tried creating a spreadsheet, and it wouldn't let me type any text in. I opened Word, out of curiosity, and it won't let me create a new document in Word either. The message at the bottom of the screen says, "This modification is not allowed because the document is locked." What does this mean and how to take this "lock" off? I've had my new computer for about 2 months and never registered Microsoft Office, but I've never registered any previous copies either and never had this problem. Anyone had this happen before? |
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