Perhaps you can try it again but do just a straight Copy (Ctrl-C) and Paste (Ctrl-V) To save a file under a new name... File >> Save As... On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 6:11 PM, Robert Wilson <robowil@live.com> wrote: > Nancy > > I did essentially what you did. I opened a clean copy of Word. > I then copied the read-only content and pasted it on the new > Word copy. I didn't use convert. I am not sure what it does. > > Bob > > >> From: nancyml@comcast.net >> To: computers@rootsweb.com >> Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2014 10:13:08 -0500 >> Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Ignorance brings grief >> >> Bob thank you. I think you mean I should copy and paste it and then work on >> it. I did that. One thing though, I may have clicked on convert each of >> these times. Could that be the issue? >> Regards, >> >> Nancy >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: computers-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:computers-bounces@rootsweb.com] >> On Behalf Of Robert Wilson >> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2014 2:55 AM >> To: computers@rootsweb.com >> Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Ignorance brings grief >> >> Nancy >> >> I had a similar problem with Word read only files but it said Word - Read >> only at >> the top of the file. If this is the case, you cannot do any editing and >> will have to create a Word file with the subject matter. >> >> Bob Wilson >> >> >> > From: kr5927@gmail.com >> > Date: Sun, 23 Feb 2014 19:53:42 -0500 >> > To: computers@rootsweb.com >> > Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Ignorance brings grief >> > >> SNIP >> >> >> >> >> >> :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >> Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on >> the list. You can buy/sell for free on the Genealogical Materials lists. >> >> This list is for peer-to-peer support and discussion of computer problems >> incurred in genealogy research. Use caution when following any advice. >> >> :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> >> :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >> Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. You can buy/sell for free on the Genealogical Materials lists. >> >> This list is for peer-to-peer support and discussion of computer problems incurred in genealogy research. Use caution when following any advice. >> >> :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: >> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. You can buy/sell for free on the Genealogical Materials lists. > > This list is for peer-to-peer support and discussion of computer problems incurred in genealogy research. Use caution when following any advice. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to COMPUTERS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- -------- K. Ross kr5927@gmail.com