WD97: Can't Save Version for Read-Only Document

ID: Q157775

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

When you attempt to save a version of a read-only document, the following error message appears:

This file is read-only.
filename

CAUSE

This functionality is by design. When you open a document that was saved with the Read-only recommended option selected, the following message appears:

<filename> should be opened as read-only unless changes to it need to be saved. Open as read-only?

If you click Yes, the document is opened as read-only. Changes you make to this file cannot be saved back to the original file.

If you click No, the document is opened normally. Changes you make to this file can be saved back to the original file.

WORKAROUND

If you want to make changes to a read-only document (for example, you want to save a version of the file), do not open it as read-only. Instead, when Word asks you how to open the file with the message listed in the "Cause" section of this article, click No. Word will open the file as a normal Word document. Then you can save a version of the document, make changes to it, and save the current version of the file.

Additional query words: versioning

Keywords : kbdta word8 word97
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb