Office File Protection

I have a group of users, all with R/W access to a folder. One file in that folder has password protection on edits to prevent accidental change, with only one person knowing the password.  Everyone had read access.  Until a couple of weeks ago, they were all on 2010.  They were able to all open and read, with the editor having write access by providing the password. Then the upgrade to 2013 happened . .

Now, the first person to open the file gets R/W access, and a file lock, even though they can't save.  The second and subsequent people get the open as read-only prompt, including the one who knows the password.  To save any changes, that person basically has to kick everyone else out so that she can get R/W access.

How is it best to structure this so that it works as closely as it used to under 2010?

TIA

July 22nd, 2015 11:24pm

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