When I open a word document, but don't close the first document, when I open the second word document, it will show as "read-only", and I can't save as, this is the case for all word documents, open one and then open the second one will become read-only,

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Now I encounter such a problem, when I open a word document, but do not close the first document, when I open the second word document, it will show as "read-only", and it cannot be saved as, this is the case for all word documents, open one and then open the second one will become read-only, what is the reason for this.The details are shown in the figure below.

My office version is Home and Student 2019, the document is marked as final without checking, read-only without checking, and there is no restriction on editing.The version is shown in the picture below.

There is another problem, the other computer I use is Office ProPlus 2019, the version is shown in the image below.I uploaded a word version of the article to a magazine's website, but the magazine replied, "The document should allow us to make annotations or revisions." We can't save the current version without any changes. But I didn't set a read-only mode, I didn't restrict editing during review, I didn't set a password. In this case, is the magazine society the same as my first question, or is there any other reason why he can't keep the traces of modification, I hope you can answer, and look forward to your reply as soon as possible!

Answer 1

Hi,

Where are the files saved? Is it a local or shared folder?

Based on the error message, you can check the access permissions of the account to ensure that the account has the permission to delete, read, and write.

If the problem only appear in a specific file, please right click the file and select Properties, check if the file is blocked under General tab, if yes please unblock the file.

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