opening and editing documents with protected view?

Category: Geeks r Us

Post 1 by sia fan bp (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Sunday, 19-Mar-2017 20:16:40

Hi guys, so if a document is in protected view, what do you do to open them? I download but it still shows in protected view. help? thanks!

Post 2 by Smiling Sunshine (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Monday, 20-Mar-2017 10:19:13

Ahh, the dreaded protected view. :) If you hit f6 once, it should take you to the place where you can enable editing. I believe it's one click of the right arrow followed by a tap of the space bar. Then you'll f6 back to your document.
Try that. Hopefully I explained it correctly.

Post 3 by season (the invisible soul) on Monday, 20-Mar-2017 11:03:20

You can go control P as if you going to print the document, and the first option is enable
edit view, press enter on that, then the print screen appear, escape, and you will have a
document that is unprotected.
Otherwise, move your document from downloads to other places, e.g. Documents, or any
other founder, that will do the trick as well

Post 4 by Raskolnikov (I'll have the last word, thank you!) on Monday, 20-Mar-2017 12:20:24

I simply do Control + S to save. A box pops up that gives the option to keep the document protected or enable editing.

Post 5 by Remy (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Monday, 20-Mar-2017 13:11:23

You can also go to the file menu, then arrow down to Info, then tab to "enable editing.
What a truly annoying aspect of Word.

Post 6 by forereel (Just posting.) on Monday, 20-Mar-2017 13:20:57

I just go to the document, press the applications key or open that menu and arrow to edit. Thats a couple down. Press enter on that and it opens in edit view.

Post 7 by Smiling Sunshine (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Monday, 20-Mar-2017 17:03:19

I love all these different sollutions. These are all things I hadn't tried yet but plan to add to my box of tricks.

Post 8 by sia fan bp (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Sunday, 26-Mar-2017 17:34:20

Thanks guys! I appreciate it! well, all your suggestions worked. except the doc one but I'll figure that out. but thanks, anyways.

Post 9 by PositiveFuture (Generic Zoner) on Friday, 21-Apr-2017 19:59:21

If it's a word document then you can just press alt+f to get in to the file tab and then press and release I and then press and release e.

Post 10 by battle star queen (I just keep on posting!) on Monday, 24-Apr-2017 0:27:36

When I was in college, it always annoyed me if a professor would send me a file in protected mode. When a file is protected, you are unable to read it with your preferred screen reader.

Post 11 by forereel (Just posting.) on Monday, 24-Apr-2017 5:56:16

Not at all. You just open it in edit view.
Now you can read it with any screen reader just fine.

Post 12 by Senior (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Wednesday, 26-Apr-2017 17:32:29

It was better in the days of Microsoft Office 2003.

Post 13 by battle star queen (I just keep on posting!) on Wednesday, 26-Apr-2017 23:11:07

Microsoft office 2003 was better all the way around.

Post 14 by forereel (Just posting.) on Thursday, 27-Apr-2017 12:10:24

I'd strongly disagree with that, but that's just me.
The current version of Office can be configured to work like you want it to, older versions weren't as flexible.

Post 15 by Remy (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Thursday, 27-Apr-2017 12:57:35

I've used office 2003 and 2010. Overall I'd say for ease of use 2003 was way easier, but 2010 has nicer features. Can't speak to the current version though. Paying 90 bucks a year for 360 just doesn't appeal to me. Doesn't hurt that my workplace licensed Office 2010 and then 2013 for home use for a substantial discount. How well does 2016 actually work with JAWS/NVDA?

Post 16 by forereel (Just posting.) on Thursday, 27-Apr-2017 19:49:35

Beautifully.
In fact, the latest version of Jaws has extra things built in for the latest version.
I love my subscription. It allows me not only to keep the most current version, but I can put my copy on all my personal devices, plus share it with up to 5 others who can do the same.
We each get a TB of cloud storage and 60 minutes of free Skype time per month to boot.
Cool for my 90 bills per year I'd say.

Post 17 by sia fan bp (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Wednesday, 03-May-2017 22:26:39

I got it for free! somehow... lmfaooo. I like the current one although I miss windows 7. that one was so easy and the best feature it had? save and send tab. that's not there anymore. :(

Post 18 by Blues_fan (Zone BBS Addict) on Monday, 22-May-2017 19:15:55

This board was very helpful. Thanks to the OP for posting.

Post 19 by sia fan bp (I'm going for the prolific poster awards!) on Wednesday, 24-May-2017 23:13:02

No problem! Like I said, I purely miss windows seven but I do however, like the mail thing. receive emails instantly! yeah!!!
anyways, your suggestions have worked beautifully!