#Word selection is locked full version#
#Word selection is locked software#

During the grace period, certain features or programs might be enabled that are not included in the product you have purchased.

#Word selection is locked software#

Grace period Before you enter a valid Product Key, you can run the software 25 times, which is the grace period. вЂњIf you have the Office Home and Student 2007 Trial preloaded on your computer, you can purchase the disc version and use the product-key to unlock and activate the preloaded trial.вЂќД«uy Microsoft Office 2016 Home and Student through

#Word selection is locked full version#

Try opening your document in the free Open Office or purchase a full version of Microsoft Office 2007. If youвЂ™re using Office 2007 that came with your computer, likely it was only a trial and has expired. YouвЂ™ll need to know the password in order to stop this protection. You may have to enter a password in order to modify the document. This setting is not the one locking your document. If you donвЂ™t see that button but instead see a вЂ Start protectionвЂ button, you can close this little window. If at the bottom, you have a Stop Protection button, click that. Next to the document, a little window should pop up. Switch to the Review tab and then hit the Protect Document button to bring up a small menu.ДЇrom that menu, choose Restrict Formatting and Editing. If you are still not able to edit the document, it may be protected. After that, the icon will now appear unhighlighted and the icon will be gone from the status bar.

In order to make changes, the document just needs to be вЂњun-finalized.вЂќ Go back to the Office button -> Prepare menu and click вЂњMark as FinalвЂќ to toggle it off. This also makes the red (spelling) and green (grammar) squiggles under words go away as well as any marked changes throughout the document.Д«esides the вЂMark as FinalвЂ™ icon being highlighted in the Prepare sub-menu you will also notice a small version of the same icon at the bottom of Word 2007 in the status bar. It would be best practice to mark your document as final before you send it off to others for professional evaluation. This means that it is enabled and the document is вЂњfinalized.вЂќ It wonвЂ™t allow any changes to the document. In this sub-menu, youвЂ™ll see an icon next to вЂMark as FinalвЂ™ highlighted in orange. Click on the Office button (the circle with the office logo on it in the top-left corner) and go down to the Prepare sub-menu.