If you have a document open in Word but you can’t edit it, it’s probably been locked from editing by someone or by a feature. Learning how to remove read-only from Word should help you edit these documents, even though they’re marked read-only and shouldn’t be edited.
How to Remove the Read-Only Option from a Microsoft Word Document [Tutorial]
There are several reasons why people restrict their documents from being edited. Perhaps you made the document read-only yourself but forgot, or perhaps someone locked it to prevent unauthorized users from changing its contents.
In any case, if you come across a document that you want to edit but it is in read-only mode, there are several methods to fix this and still be able to edit the document.
Also check out our YouTube channel where we have made a short video discussing the solutions mentioned in this article.
