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Document in "Read-only" mode all the time
Hi, I tried to find a solution here but I was not successful. I have SharePoint library and when we want edit word document in desktop application, document is opened as a "Read-only". Do you have an...
Are you using checkout/checkin?
My files become read-only if I use MS Word Desktop to check the file in and the library is synced to OneDrive.
David Isaac you were right on the money. When I Synchronised the Library to my local desktop as part of the OneDrive for Business tool, I lost the ability to check out or check in documents using the Word App on my PC.
As soon as I removed the synchronisation SharePoint began to work as normal.