Hello. How do I get unlocked?

2 Jul 2006 7:37 PM

htassone

Hi, I use word everyday. I am a writer. Yesterday I had been working on a
story. Today, I went back to finish and edit it and was locked out. I do not
know what this means. I do not know why. I have to constantly edit and change
things. Also, The program kept responding with a box stating for me to
convert. I tried this several times. It said it was successful, but I still
can not edit my files. What happened? And how do I fix this. Please help me.
htassone

P.S. I am a computer idiot, so technical stuff will fly over my head.

2 Jul 2006 7:46 PM

Douglas J. Steele

I'd suggest asking this in a newsgroup related to Word.

This newsgroup is for questions about security in Access, the database
product that's part of Office Professional.

However, have you tried rebooting your machine? Often files that the
operating system considers to be locked will be freed up that way.

--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
http://I.Am/DougSteele
(no private e-mails, please)

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"htassone" <htass***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, I use word everyday. I am a writer. Yesterday I had been working on a
> story. Today, I went back to finish and edit it and was locked out. I do
> not
> know what this means. I do not know why. I have to constantly edit and
> change
> things. Also, The program kept responding with a box stating for me to
> convert. I tried this several times. It said it was successful, but I
> still
> can not edit my files. What happened? And how do I fix this. Please help
> me.
> htassone
>
> P.S. I am a computer idiot, so technical stuff will fly over my head.