Does Word 2000 obey unix like file premissions? 1

[CableWorks]

I've set up a directory on a shared drive on a lan server. The directory has RX permsissions for "Everyone" and "Full" permissions for myself. A Word file I create in that directory inherits the same permissions. I find that I can change the file when no one else has the file open, but if someone already has it open (read-only to them), when I open and attempt to change the file, I'm told the file is read only. Is there some way around this strange behavior?

 

[SirLee]

Word does not know about filesystem permissions. What it does is that it opens the file exclusively. This has nothing to do with permissions it just "locks" the file when it opens it. For Excel there is an Excel viewer where you can view Excel documents but not modify which does not lock the file. I think you should try to find a viewer capable of MSWord.