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SteTheDude
10 Nov 2003, 9:27pm
lo everyone, can anyone tell me what this annoying problem means?

i install office XP and it runs fine... then every once in a while i try and type into either excel or word and at the bottom of the screen it says "command not available because the document is locked for edit".

This isnt to do with the cell protection in Excel..
The task bars in office are all blacked out too so i cant click any of them :(
drowd
10 Nov 2003, 9:57pm
well, when i see that error is here at work. we have spreadsheets that we have to keep updated constantly, and when the file is "locked for edit" it typically means that someone else has the file open from our shared network drive. so maybe it is opened elsewhere, either from another user or by another program . . .
SteTheDude
10 Nov 2003, 9:58pm
hmm even when starting a new file it is "locked for edit " and a simple reboot wont fix it :(
drowd
10 Nov 2003, 10:16pm
bizarre. well, thats all the help i can offer. i am sure someone else around here has some ideas . . .

/me scratches head and looks around
SteTheDude
10 Nov 2003, 10:18pm
hehe cheers

ive no idea what it can be, maybe its somethin to do with the 30 day trial thing? registers fine tho... hmmmmzz
drowd
10 Nov 2003, 10:19pm
well, my answer to everything screwy is format, so you prolly dont want to hear that . . .
SteTheDude
10 Nov 2003, 10:20pm
its happend before and i usually re-install it and its ok... format will just do the same really, program will work for a little while then die again :(

i will look around for an answer
drowd
10 Nov 2003, 11:01pm
good luck . . .
SteTheDude
10 Nov 2003, 11:03pm
:D
chaoswolf
11 Dec 2003, 9:55pm
Can you still create new documents?

I had this happen to me, and it turned out to be a problem with the microsoft activation wizard. Apparently, if you don't complete the evil thing, eventually all the microsoft programs don't let you do anything, all you get is the "document locked for edit" error message.

Worked for me anyway.
SteTheDude
12 Dec 2003, 1:12am
yeah thats what it was, the activation thing.
got it sorted now tho....
i think office has a 60 day trial timer on it by default or somethin like that until you register it