From: PRIZILA on
>>> HI

>>>>>I GOT THIS PROBLEM WITH MY OFFICE PROGRAMS, THEY ARE LOCKED, IF I TRY TO MODIFY ANY OLD DOCUMENT IT ONLY ALLOWS ME TO OPEN IT (READ ONLY) AND IF I WANT TO MAKE A NEW DOCUMENT, I CAN'T , THE STATUS BAR SHOWS THIS MESSAGE : THIS MODIFICATION IS NOT ALLOWED BECAUSE THE DOCUMENT IS LOCKED. AND I CAN'T MODIFY ANYTHING ON NEITHER OF THE PROGRAMS, WHICH I REALLY NEED RIGHT NOW, I NEED THE POWER POINT AND THE WORD.

I ALREADY TRIED WITH THE HELP MENU BUT NONE OF THE INFO. PROVIDED HELPED
ME, BECAUSE I DIDN'T LOCK IT, NEITHER PUT A PASSWORD OR ANYTHING. I ALREADY
TRIED TO RE INSTALL IT AND ALSO FIXED IT, BUT NONE WORK, AND ALL THE ICONS
AND THE MENUS ARE SHADED, I CAN'T CLICK ON ANYTHING...... I REALLY NEED THE
HELP, THANX .

PRIZILA
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"PRIZILA" <PRIZILA(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>>>> HI
>
>>>>>>I GOT THIS PROBLEM WITH MY OFFICE PROGRAMS, THEY ARE LOCKED, IF I TRY
>>>>>>TO MODIFY ANY OLD DOCUMENT IT ONLY ALLOWS ME TO OPEN IT (READ ONLY)
>>>>>>AND IF I WANT TO MAKE A NEW DOCUMENT, I CAN'T , THE STATUS BAR SHOWS
>>>>>>THIS MESSAGE : THIS MODIFICATION IS NOT ALLOWED BECAUSE THE DOCUMENT
>>>>>>IS LOCKED. AND I CAN'T MODIFY ANYTHING ON NEITHER OF THE PROGRAMS,
>>>>>>WHICH I REALLY NEED RIGHT NOW, I NEED THE POWER POINT AND THE WORD.
>
> I ALREADY TRIED WITH THE HELP MENU BUT NONE OF THE INFO. PROVIDED HELPED
> ME, BECAUSE I DIDN'T LOCK IT, NEITHER PUT A PASSWORD OR ANYTHING. I
> ALREADY
> TRIED TO RE INSTALL IT AND ALSO FIXED IT, BUT NONE WORK, AND ALL THE ICONS
> AND THE MENUS ARE SHADED, I CAN'T CLICK ON ANYTHING...... I REALLY NEED
> THE
> HELP, THANX .
>
> PRIZILA


From: Gordon on
PRIZILA wrote:
>>>> HI
>
>>>>>> I GOT THIS PROBLEM WITH MY OFFICE PROGRAMS, THEY ARE LOCKED,

Firstly please do not SHOUT - it makes your post difficult to read and
somepeople consider it rude.

Are you trying to use a time-expired trial version?


From: Donald McDaniel on
On Wed, 24 Aug 2005 22:53:03 -0700, "PRIZILA"
<PRIZILA(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> >>> HI
>
> >>>>>I GOT THIS PROBLEM WITH MY OFFICE PROGRAMS, THEY ARE LOCKED, IF I TRY TO MODIFY ANY OLD DOCUMENT IT ONLY ALLOWS ME TO OPEN IT (READ ONLY) AND IF I WANT TO MAKE A NEW DOCUMENT, I CAN'T , THE STATUS BAR SHOWS THIS MESSAGE : THIS MODIFICATION IS NOT ALLOWED BECAUSE THE DOCUMENT IS LOCKED. AND I CAN'T MODIFY ANYTHING ON NEITHER OF THE PROGRAMS, WHICH I REALLY NEED RIGHT NOW, I NEED THE POWER POINT AND THE WORD.
>
> I ALREADY TRIED WITH THE HELP MENU BUT NONE OF THE INFO. PROVIDED HELPED
> ME, BECAUSE I DIDN'T LOCK IT, NEITHER PUT A PASSWORD OR ANYTHING. I ALREADY
> TRIED TO RE INSTALL IT AND ALSO FIXED IT, BUT NONE WORK, AND ALL THE ICONS
> AND THE MENUS ARE SHADED, I CAN'T CLICK ON ANYTHING...... I REALLY NEED THE
> HELP, THANX .
>
> PRIZILA

Prizila, on the Usenet (where your message was posted), typing in "All
Caps" is like SHOUTING LOUDLY. In addition, it is considered to be
very rude. You won't get many responses to your message until you
post a message in mixed-case (like this post).

Anyway, try activating your software. Just open any Office program,
and click "Help" in the Menu, then choose "Activate Product...".

If you are unable to activate over the Internet, you will get a
message on the screen giving you a phone # to call. There is no
telephone company charge to make that call, nor does Microsoft charge
you for activating your product. Make sure you talk to a living
person, and tell them your problem.

Donald L McDaniel
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