I have a user that when he clicks the URL given with the Name column on the document detail display form: (/Shared%20Documents/Forms/DispForm.aspx?ID=50) ... the document will only open as Read Only (the first time he opened one he says he selected Read Only by mistake). This happens now for any document in the library. However, if he clicks on the links provided to the documents in the All Documents list (/Shared%20Documents/Forms/AllItems.aspx) they will open and allow him to edit and save. What would cause this and how could we correct it so the documents do no open as Read Only by default without prompting the user for the choice? The user has Word 2007.

I can reproduce this and I think this is by design. With IE8 developer tools, I can find the link to the Word document in the AllItems.aspx is associated with the following Javascript: <a onclick="return DispEx(this,event,'TRUE','FALSE','FALSE','SharePoint.OpenDocuments.3','0','SharePoint.OpenDocuments','','','','22','0','0','0x7fffffffffffffff')" onfocus="OnLink(this)" href="/Documents/ABC.docx"> While in the DispForm.aspx, the link is associated with different Javascript as follows: <a onclick="DispDocItemEx(this, 'FALSE', 'FALSE', 'FALSE', 'SharePoint.OpenDocuments.3');" href="/Documents/ABC.docx"> Anyway, if the document is opened read only in Word, you can still click the Edit Document button to edit it. Gu Yuming TechNet Subscriber Support in forum If you have any feedback on our support, please contact tngfb@microsoft.com

Thanks - I will investigate further.