We have an Excel workbook in on our server that is used by various people. We have one person that when he tries to open and work in the workbook, it shows as Read-Only. That happens to several spreadsheets he is trying to open. These are not being used by anyone else at the time. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!
Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!
-
Congratulations Mike Lewis on being selected by the Tek-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!
Read-Only Access in Excel 2007
- Thread starter mtd081011
- Start date
Are all the problem Excel files in the same folder/directory/server/drive/etc?
If they are in the same location, it sounds like a network folder permissions issue, particularly since you're talking about one user. If you're not sure, ask the specific user having this issue to create a new file in the folder containing the Excel file(s). If that errors out as well, then he needs write access to that folder.
"But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Corinthians 15:57
If they are in the same location, it sounds like a network folder permissions issue, particularly since you're talking about one user. If you're not sure, ask the specific user having this issue to create a new file in the folder containing the Excel file(s). If that errors out as well, then he needs write access to that folder.
"But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ." 1 Corinthians 15:57
- Status