Windows 10: WORD document "Locked for editing." Can't unlock it.

Discus and support WORD document "Locked for editing." Can't unlock it. in Windows 10 Network and Sharing to solve the problem; I’m working on a document in Microsoft WORD. I just opened it and it says “Locked for editing.” So I can’t do anything with it, and I don’t know how to... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Network and Sharing' started by pianomann1, Feb 12, 2019.

  1. WORD document "Locked for editing." Can't unlock it.


    I’m working on a document in Microsoft WORD. I just opened it and it says “Locked for editing.” So I can’t do anything with it, and I don’t know how to unlock it. The WORD program I’m using is I think WORD 2003. At least I know it’s old, but it has been working perfectly all along, as recently as yesterday, but just now it opened “Locked.” How can I unlock it? Thanks for any help.

    :)
     
    pianomann1, Feb 12, 2019
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  2. dalchina Win User
    dalchina, Feb 12, 2019
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  3. Nath Bea Win User
    Wrong "remove from list" document on word mobile.

    Hi,

    To further assist you with your concern about re-enabling files that were removed from the Recent Documents List in Word, we suggest to follow this steps:

    • Click the FILE tab in the program.
    • Click Options from the list on the left side of the screen.
    • On the Word Options dialog box, click Advanced in the list of options on the left.
    • On the Advanced screen, scroll down to the Display section. Select the value in the Show this number of Recent Documents edit box. You can choose to change the value to 0 to disable the list.
    • When you open Word, or select the Open option in the program, there are no documents in your Recent Documents list.
    • To re-enable the list, go back into the Word Options dialog box and enter the desired value (from 0 to 50, inclusive) in the Show this number of Recent Documents edit box on the Advanced screen. If any documents were previously displayed in the Recent Documents
      list, they are added to the list again.

    We're just here if you have further questions.

    Regards.
     
    Nath Bea, Feb 12, 2019
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  4. WORD document "Locked for editing." Can't unlock it.

    Edit the Steps recorder document

    How can I edit the Steps recorded by the Steps recorder application? Once I finish recording the necessary steps, there are few steps I'd like to delete and few comments that I'd like to edit.

    So if I open the saved file in word document and edit it there I need it to,

    • automatically update the number of the proceeding steps when I delete one in between.
    • Retain the size of the images and overall page size in the MHTML document. (I've noticed that if I make a single change, the size of image increase more than the screen size and the MHTML document isn't responsive.)
     
    Anwesh Gangula, Feb 12, 2019
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