Article ID: 157775
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q157775
SYMPTOMS
When you attempt to save a version of a read-only document, the
following error message appears:
This file is read-only.
filename
CAUSE
This functionality is by design. When you open a document that was saved with the
Read-only recommended option selected, the following message appears:
<filename> should be opened as read-only unless changes to it need to be saved. Open as read-only?
If you click
Yes, the document is opened as read-only. Changes you make to this file cannot be saved back to the original file.
If you click
No, the document is opened normally. Changes you make to this file can be saved back to the original file.
WORKAROUND
If you want to make changes to a read-only document (for example, you want to save a version of the file), do not open it as read-only. Instead, when Word asks you how to open the file with the message listed in the "Cause" section of this article, click No. Word will open the file as a normal Word document. Then you can save a version of the document, make changes to it, and save the current version of the file.
Additional query words: versioning
Keywords: kbprb KB157775