OneNote in Read Only

Check the one note file permissions on the files/folder that is having the issue.  That sounds to me like an Active Directory user/group permissions issue.  You may need to re-apply permissions to the affected folder as well.

hi John-Paul,

thanks, no joy I am afraid.

I should add, everyone else in the business is using Office 2010/2013, these 2 users are using Office 2016. I don't think it makes a difference but thought I should add just in case.

Ty
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Has MS Office 2016 or One Note 2016 been activated?  It may be running as a trial version which would cause files to open as read only.

hi JP, yes it is activated and not a trial version.

Ok, next item I would check is in One Note under File, Options, Trust Center, Trust Center Settings.  One of the trust settings may need to be modified.  I dont have OneNote 2016 in front of me otherwise I would give you more specific directions.  Here is a link I found on MS site about changing trusted locations.  You may have to make your server share a trusted location.

https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Add-remove-or-change-a-trusted-location-7ee1cdc2-483e-4cbb-bcb3-4e7c67147fb4

hi JP,

OneNote does not have the Trusted Locations option, I have added to Word on the chance it might help but it did not.

I think, although I don't know this, that if I can force OneNote to ignore or remove the conflcts it might help but I am not sure how to do this?

your thoughts?

OK.

I have tried all 3 of the OneNote 2016 in the office and all of them show as read only.

I have read a lot on the net now, 2016 should allow me to use any older version of ON but it seems in this case it is not. my questions.

How can I check the version of the ON file, ie how can I see if it is a 2007 created file?
If it is 2007 a) how can I force it to allow the use of 2016, or b) what is the process for converting 2007 to 2010.

I specify 2010 as the client has 2010/13/16 Office deployed.

Thanks
Gareth

I worked it out.