Solved How do I leave compatibility mode in win7 starter's Word?

[AJN47]

I have Office Word 07 running on Windows 7 starter systerm. What I need to do is be able to copy/paste a resume to an online application. I worked on the document and emailed to myself from a computer running Office Word 97-2003. I am stuck in compatibility mode, and I am also locked out from making any edits.

 

[Ranger4]

To get out of Compatibility Mode, click the Start Button, then All Programs, scroll down to MS Office 2007, Left Click, find Word 2007, Right Click on it & select Properties, when that opens Select the Compatibility Tab, Untick all the boxes, then select Apply, then close it.

You could try Run as Administrator for your editing problem.

 

[AJN47]

Thank you; I followed your instructions, only to find that none of the boxes were ticked when I got there. But I did hit "run as admin". I'm going to see if that changes anything.

update: it didn't work.

 

[Ranger4]

I had missed the bit about copying from an email you sent to yourself where you used Win Word 97-2003, which I assume you added in your later edit of your post.
You could try opening the emailed Document & then saving it as a Word 2007 document & see if that works.

There may also be some limits on what you can do as your are using Windows 7 Starter. Windows 7 Starter is not really designed for extensive & complicated Office applications.

 

[AJN47]

1) I did your suggestion and emailed it to myself (i have 2 accounts), and it showed my whole resume, so I was able to copy/paste from there. So thank you for that suggestion!
2) since I never got the real Office, whenever I open Word it asks me for a product key. Since I don't know/have it, I've always hit "quit" and now I realize, once I hit "quit", THAT'S when it locks everything. So. (But it didn't do that before; is this related to that recent announcement about how they've stopped supporting a certain older system?)

 

[Ranger4]

Glad to hear you got what you needed.