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| molly-ness | 1/8/2006 10:16 PM PST |

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tmy document is locked. i can't type or do anything, does anyone know how i
get it back to a normal document? when i try to type it says "this
modification is not allowed because the document is locked" could someone
please help me.

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| garfield-n-odie | 1/8/2006 10:23 PM PST |

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If this only happens in one particular document, try opening that
document and clicking on Tools | Unprotect Document.

If all new and existing documents are locked for editing, then
it's probably because you have not activated your Word/Office
software, or because you have an expired trial version of Office
2003. What happens if you start Word and click on Help |
Activate Product? If you are already activated, a dialog box
saying so will appear. If you are not activated, the Activation
Wizard will start. If you have an expired trial version, a
dialog box will prompt you to enter a valid product key or
purchase a key online.

molly-ness wrote:

> tmy document is locked. i can't type or do anything, does anyone know how i
> get it back to a normal document? when i try to type it says "this
> modification is not allowed because the document is locked" could someone
> please help me.

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| Amanda | 2/24/2006 4:06 PM PST |

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Thnakyou so much, i was having an heart attack because i have assignments and
i couldn't use microsoft word, powerpoint ect. I went to help |Activate
Product and then it worked. Thankyou so much, bye

"garfield-n-odie" wrote:

> If this only happens in one particular document, try opening that
> document and clicking on Tools | Unprotect Document.
>
> If all new and existing documents are locked for editing, then
> it's probably because you have not activated your Word/Office
> software, or because you have an expired trial version of Office
> 2003. What happens if you start Word and click on Help |
> Activate Product? If you are already activated, a dialog box
> saying so will appear. If you are not activated, the Activation
> Wizard will start. If you have an expired trial version, a
> dialog box will prompt you to enter a valid product key or
> purchase a key online.
>
> molly-ness wrote:
>
> > tmy document is locked. i can't type or do anything, does anyone know how i
> > get it back to a normal document? when i try to type it says "this
> > modification is not allowed because the document is locked" could someone
> > please help me.
>
>

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