That will open it up in such a way that you can edit it and save your changes as normal.īut do make sure you close it quickly again after you've done your deliberate individual edits, in case something goes wrong and you overwrite other stuff without realising it! Troubleshooting tip - still read only? If you later want to make changes to that document, just click No when the "Open as read-only?" window pops up. How to edit the "read only" Word document After you've entered your password, the "Open as read-only?" box will pop up.
#Word documents open read only password
This still works if you've password protected the document. Then, if you've inadvertently highlighted stuff in the document and your keyboard goes haywire but you don't notice and it wipes out important stuff and you save it anyway without thinking (you can tell I've been through that!), it won't let you overwrite the original document - it will make you save it as a new document with a different name. Just hit Enter (or Alt+y) or click Yes, in order to open it as read-only. In future, when you try to open that document (whether direct or through a shortcut), it will come up with a box like this: Click the Security tab and tick "Read-only recommended" (outlined in red below) and click OK:.Open the document you want to make read only.These instructions are for Word 2003 but it should be similar for other versions. If like me you've accidentally overwritten important stuff in certain Microsoft Word files that you use mainly for reference, you'll want to set those documents as read only!
#Word documents open read only how to
This post is on how to get particular Microsoft Word documents to open as Read Only, as standard.
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