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Chris_Gore
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4 years ago
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Word documents opening as read only in Word app on iPad and iPhone

Many of my new Word documents are opening as read-only whenever I try and edit them on my iPad or iPhone. This is not happening to all of my recent files. It's not even happening to all the files in ...
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    Chris_Gore
    4 years ago

    I found out the answer. Those particular documents were saved in "compatibility mode". After fixing that in the file>info section, the documents opened in the mobile apps.

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Chris_Gore
Helpful | Level 5
4 years ago

I found out the answer. Those particular documents were saved in "compatibility mode". After fixing that in the file>info section, the documents opened in the mobile apps.

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Megan
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4 years ago

Hi Chris_Gore, happy Monday! 

 

I'm glad you managed to resolve this on your end. 

 

Have an amazing rest of your week ahead! 

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