how do I unlock a document created by myself??

The Office version included with your laptop may have been a trial version.
If the trial period is over you will have to buy the software or stop using
it.

--
Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP



"Michaele" wrote in message
...
Has anyone figured out how to unlock thier word documents without the
product
code? I bought the laptop with all programs on it already? Would the
product
code be on the box somewhere?
Please help!!!!!


"angela." wrote:

hi tom, im having the exact same problem... have you managed to sort
yours?

"Furious_Tom" wrote:

i got my laptop with all the programs pre installed and without
packaging.
vista wont let me down grade my office programs back to 2003 and
nothing
works. how can i possible activate my word if i never recieved a
product key.
i realise that not having a product key is probably a fault of the
business i
purchased the laptop off of but the office help function has been
infuriatingly unhelpful. is there anyway that tefch support or some
such can
remedy the situation or will i never be able to use word again on my
laptop?

"sunshine414" wrote:

tberry- If you have MS Office '07, then the problem may be that you
need to
register the product before your Office programs will work properly.
You'll
need to locate your 25 charcter product key. This key is located in
the
package in which the program came.
Also, you should be getting prompted to enter this key when you
launch an
Office program such as Word. The prompt text is incorrect stating
that
Micrsoft does not "require" the key, rather that it only "recommends"
that
you register the product. This is simply not true. You have to
register the
product eventually as the program only allows you to bypass the
product key
prompt 25 times before it will lock or "diminish functionality" of
your MS
Office programs. It sounds like your "locked" toolbars are the
result. Good
luck!

tberry" wrote:

Thanx. When I right-clicked on a toolbar, the drop down menu
showed that my
toolbars were locked. I clicked it and removed the check next to
"lock
toolbar". I don't know if that is unlocking my word program or
not. I can't
even download a memo template and use it because it is locked
already.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Do you get a menu of toolbars when you right-click on a toolbar?
Do you get
a Toolbars item on the Tools menu (you may have to expand the
menu to see
it)? Both of these should list the Forms toolbar. What version of
Word do
you have?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"we2bfree" wrote in message
...
I have right-clicked on my toolbar and nothing happens - I
right-clicked
on
a toolbar outside of my document and no Forms appears in the
menu. View
doesn't show the option either and tools show Protect document
but it is
in
grey. I never locked this document it just happened

Please Help - Susan

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

Right-click on any toolbar and choose Forms from the menu. Or
use View |
Toolbars and choose it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"tberry" wrote in message
...
ok on the Forms toolbar, as stated. Sorry but I don't seem
to know
where
the
Forms toolbar is. My toolbars are almost completely greyed
out and
under
tools I only have the option to "protect" not "unprotect"
and it is
grey.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

On the Forms toolbar, as stated.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"elle" wrote in message
...

where is the lock icon
"Carol" wrote:

Have you tried Tools | Unprotect Document? Or Using
your Forms
toolbar,
clicking on the lock icon? If the document is password
protected,
you
will
need to know the password.
--
Carol A. Bratt, MCP



"Steph" wrote:

I have created a document & locked it as it is to be
filled in by
a
number of
other people. Only problem is I cannot get in to
change it??