ReadOnly Property

Applies To

Dictionary object, Document object, RecentFile object.

Description

Document or RecentFile object: True if changes to the document cannot be saved to the original document. Read/write Boolean for the RecentFile object; read-only Boolean for the Document object.

Dictionary object: True if the specified dictionary cannot be changed. Read-only Boolean.

Note The active grammar, hyphenation, spelling, and thesaurus dictionaries are read-only. Custom dictionaries are read/write.

See Also

Open method, ReadOnlyRecommended property, RecentFiles property.

Example

This example saves the active document if it isn't read-only.

If ActiveDocument.ReadOnly = False Then ActiveDocument.Save

This example opens the most recently used file as a read-only document.

With RecentFiles(1)
    .ReadOnly = True
    .Open
End With