OL2000: Files Opened from Preview Pane Are Read-Only

• Microsoft Outlook 2000

SYMPTOMS

If you open a file, such as a Microsoft Excel workbook, from a public folder, it may open as read-only one time and editable another time. The behavior is different when you open the file from the table view, versus the preview pane in Outlook.

CAUSE

The preview pane does not open a file or object for editing; it opens items for preview in a read-only state.

If you browse a public folder and have the preview pane turned on, you will see the files in the public folder listed both in the preview pane and in the table view of Outlook. Double-clicking a file in the table view opens the file for editing, while double-clicking a file in the preview pane opens the file as read-only.

REFERENCES

For additional information about the behavior of attachments opened from the preview pane, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q195412 OL2000: Cannot Save Edits Made to Attachments in Preview Pane

Additional query words: OL2K

Keywords : kbdta
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb