read-only message... why?

mabaud

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I created a file with Excel 2000.
I sent it for corections to someone using excel 97(98?). Now, I get the anoying message : "xxx should be open as read only xxxx". Why? How can I avoid such message?
thanks for your help
mabaud
 

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Open the file as read-only. Hit File-Save as. Hit the options and remove the read-only.
 
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