While editing a document in Word 2007 the document suddenly becomes read only?

Question

For work, I received a new computer with Word 2007. As I'm working on a document, everything will be going normally (write a bit, save, write a bit, save, etc) but at some apparently random point, the document will suddently become read only. I can not isolate the trigger for this but I do know that it shouldn't be doing it. Periodically, I've done searches on this problem and have found others with similar reports, so its not just me. One suggest was to turn off the auto-save but the problem persists.I'm saving the document on my hard drive in my Documents folder (actually its in a sub folder but that shouldn't matter). The only usual thing about my usage might be my over use of CTRL+S. At times I will CTRL+S after each word but again I see not particular pattern with my usage and the problem.

Answer 1

Sometimes when we are typing or editing our document in Microsoft Word 2007, it suddenly becomes read only. That means we cannot type, erase, or change anything anymore because it is like the paper is locked. When that happens, we can try a few simple steps. First, click File then Save As, and save the document again using a different name like MyWork2.docx. This will make a new copy that we can edit. Second, check if the file is still open somewhere else, maybe we opened it twice or someone else is also using it, so we need to close the other one first. Third, look at where the file is saved. If it is in a flash drive, network, or email attachment, it can sometimes become read only. Try saving it on the desktop first and then open it again. If all else fails, restart the computer because sometimes Word just needs to rest too. When a document becomes read only, there is no need to panic. It just means it is locked for now, and we can fix it by saving it again or checking where it is stored.