Microsoft KB Archive/271403

= WD97: Word Document Opens Read-Only on FTP Server =

Article ID: 271403

Article Last Modified on 1/29/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q271403





SYMPTOMS
When you open a Word document that is on a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server, the document is opened read-only.



CAUSE
This problem occurs when the document file name contains a space.



WORKAROUND
To work around this problem, save the Word document without a space in the file name to the FTP server.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about opening a document on an FTP site, click Contents and Index on the Help menu, click the Index tab in Microsoft Word Help, type the following text

opening documents, internet

and then double-click the selected text to go to the &quot;Open a document&quot; topic. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

For more information about saving a document to an FTP site, click Contents and Index on the Help menu, click the Index tab in Microsoft Word Help, type the following text

saving documents

and then double-click the selected text to go to the &quot;Save a document to an FTP site&quot; topic. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

Additional query words: server

Keywords: kbbug kbnofix KB271403

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