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How do I set both Excell and Word to "editing" at the opening of the file (default). I DO NOT EVER want to open these documents in "viewing" formats. I open these files to make changes, so it is extremely annoying to have to change this on every document every time I open one!!!!!!
I not sure how this started but I hate this every day
A family of Microsoft word processing software products for creating web, email, and print documents.
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I assume the latest version on the subscription??
The files are saved on a network aceess by others.
I want to open the file and be able to change it without clicking on a button, or some pull down menu!!!!!!
Word and Excell!1!
Which version of Word are you running?
Also, in which type of locations are the affected documents saved?