.txt files open in Excel as read-only

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jenny

We need to open most of our .txt files in Excel 2000 and
after associating the .txt file type to Excel the document
opens as "read-only" even though the read-only attribute
is not selected in the properties of the document. This
is happening on Windows 2000 Professional OS using Office
2000. What could be causing this problem? Thanks.

Jenny
 
Just a guess:

Where are the .txt files located? Are they on a network? Does the user have
update abililty on that server/share?

If you move the files to a local harddrive, do they open ok from there?

If yes, I think I'd look at my IT department and see if they can help with
permissions?
 
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