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Do a search in Excel help for this<br />
&quot;customize how excel starts&quot;<br />
or<br />
<a href="http://office.microsoft.com/da-dk/assistance/HP051993911033.aspx" rel="ugc">http://office.microsoft.com/da-dk/assistance/HP051993911033.aspx</a>
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Do a search in Excel help for this
"customize how excel starts"
or
http://office.microsoft.com/da-dk/assistance/HP051993911033.aspx [http://office.microsoft.com/da-dk/assistance/HP051993911033.aspx]

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superb. &nbsp;I'd totally forgotten that switch. &nbsp;
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superb.  I'd totally forgotten that switch.  

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Can I create a shortcut to a document/spreadsheet that forces it to open in a Read Only mode?<br />
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&nbsp;- this is for a shared contacts spreadsheet that all users can access, but it would be nice if the shorcut to it opened it in Read Only so that if it's ever opened for REAL changes (via another shortcut, or just Explorer) then it can be edited easily without having to kick any other users out. &nbsp;<br />
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Ideally a desktop shortcut. &nbsp;Don't really want to mess with perms on the file, as all users may eventually need to edit it, and being locked out forever would just confuse them. &nbsp;Aw Bless....<br />
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cheers, Danny
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Can I create a shortcut to a document/spreadsheet that forces it to open in a Read Only mode?

 - this is for a shared contacts spreadsheet that all users can access, but it would be nice if the shorcut to it opened it in Read Only so that if it's ever opened for REAL changes (via another shortcut, or just Explorer) then it can be edited easily without having to kick any other users out.  

Ideally a desktop shortcut.  Don't really want to mess with perms on the file, as all users may eventually need to edit it, and being locked out forever would just confuse them.  Aw Bless....

cheers, Danny

Shortcut that forces Open in Read Only mode

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