Enable Editing in Word document

I am the author of this document that I created on Word 2016, version 2407, August 2024. It resides on my laptop and on a server where I save my important documents. 

I have to click the "Enable Editing" link every time I open it. 

I have tried several suggestions found online on how to turn this off. None work on my computer. 

For instance, in trying to follow the various online advice I have experienced the following:

• Under Info>Protect Document, there are NO options to turn it off. 
• From File>Info>Protect Document there is NO option to stop this nonesense, only options to increase the security. 
• Under Account, there are no options relating to security.
• File>Options>Trust Center, there is no "Protected View" option, and all check boxes are disabled.
• When the Review tab is selected and Restrict Editing displays, there is only a checkbox for No changes (read only ) and this is NOT what I want to do. 

Does anyone actually know how to get rid of this annoying and demanding button?