One instance of Outlook 2003 making a .xls read-only

[jocadmin]

Hi, I'm trying to setup a situation where there is an loan equipment list(Excel 2003) in a Public Folder on a SBS2003. I created the spreadsheet and posted it to the public folder and allowed permission to edit to certain people and others just to view.

This works great except on one workstation with Office 2003. This person has edit permissions but after he opens the spreadsheet and makes changes the first time and closes, the next time the spreadsheet is set to read-only.

Is there any place to change this setting or anyone know what might be causing this?

I'd be happy to gather any amplifying information, thank you.

 

[jocadmin]

Okay, now it looks like it's just an issue once I post this spreadsheet to the Public Folder. One change is allowed then after the save the next instance won't allow any changes and displays read-only.

Why would Outlook on the workstation, or the exchange server reset it?