How to Remove the 'Read Only' Status on MS Word Documents
Understand which documents are likely to be protected.. Open the Word document.. Look for a pale yellow banner.
Steps
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Understand which documents are likely to be protected.
Understand which documents are likely to be protected.
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Open the Word document.
Open the Word document.
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Look for a pale yellow banner.
Look for a pale yellow banner.
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Click Enable Editing.
Click Enable Editing.
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Open the Word document.
Open the Word document.
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Click the Review tab.
Click the Review tab.
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Click Restrict Editing.
Click Restrict Editing.
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Click Stop Protection.
Click Stop Protection.
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Enter the password when prompted.
Enter the password when prompted.
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Save your changes.
Save your changes.
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Go to the Word document.
Go to the Word document.
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Open the Word file's properties.
Open the Word file's properties.
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Find the "Permissions" section.
Find the "Permissions" section.
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Disable the read-only protection.
Disable the read-only protection.
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Try to edit the file.
Try to edit the file.
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Understand how this works.
Understand how this works.
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Open the protected Word document.
Open the protected Word document.
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Click anywhere on the document.
Click anywhere on the document.
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Select the whole document.
Select the whole document.
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Copy the selected text.
Copy the selected text.
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Open a new Word document.
Open a new Word document.
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Paste in the copied text.
Paste in the copied text.
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Save the document as a new file.
Save the document as a new file.
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