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After installing microsoft office 2003 I used it a few times, now when I go
into type a document I get a message at the bottom of the screen saying the
modification of the document is not allowed as it is locked. Please can
anyone help I am falling behind in my assignments. A reply for someone not
that great on computers would help. Thanks
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Check this out:-

http://groups.google.ca/group/micros...wse_thread/thr
ead/6a0a8cde4502ec8b/e6cef89656dc2210%23e6cef89656dc2210

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After installing microsoft office 2003 I used it a few times, now when I

go
into type a document I get a message at the bottom of the screen saying

the
modification of the document is not allowed as it is locked. Please can
anyone help I am falling behind in my assignments. A reply for someone not
that great on computers would help. Thanks



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In case link is broken, here's excerpt:

***********************************
Word/Excel file locked for editing
From Start=Find/Search locate the files with this string
~$*.do*;*.tmp
and delete them then start Word and see if you can access
the files.
When there is a crash Word doesn't have the chance to clearup
the open temp files and can think that your file is still
in use.

Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office Products family MVP
************************************************** ******
Look for Excel .tmp files and delete.
I haven't tried this. Just quoting from an expert.
http://groups.google.ca/group/micros...wse_thread/thr
ead/6a0a8cde4502ec8b/e6cef89656dc2210%23e6cef89656dc2210

Hope this helps.

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Check this out:-


http://groups.google.ca/group/micros...wse_thread/thr
ead/6a0a8cde4502ec8b/e6cef89656dc2210%23e6cef89656dc2210

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After installing microsoft office 2003 I used it a few times, now when I

go
into type a document I get a message at the bottom of the screen saying

the
modification of the document is not allowed as it is locked. Please can
anyone help I am falling behind in my assignments. A reply for someone

not
that great on computers would help. Thanks





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Is it a trial version that has expired?

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After installing microsoft office 2003 I used it a few times, now when I

go
into type a document I get a message at the bottom of the screen saying

the
modification of the document is not allowed as it is locked. Please can
anyone help I am falling behind in my assignments. A reply for someone not
that great on computers would help. Thanks



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If the answer to Epinn's question about it being a trial version, then IF you
are a qualifying student (I am kind of assuming that "assignments" refers to
classwork rather than workplace assignments) - keep in mind that there are
some awesome savings on the price of MSFT products, including Office, for
qualifying students.

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Is it a trial version that has expired?

Epinn

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After installing microsoft office 2003 I used it a few times, now when I

go
into type a document I get a message at the bottom of the screen saying

the
modification of the document is not allowed as it is locked. Please can
anyone help I am falling behind in my assignments. A reply for someone not
that great on computers would help. Thanks




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