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Where I work we have many Word documents stored in our Subversion repository. These files are set as read-only most of the time (using the svn:needs-lock
property in Subversion), to prevent multiple people making changes at once. When I get a lock on the one of the files with Subversion, it becomes writable.
Now, when I open one of these documents, there is a nice [Read Only] marker on the title of the window. But, sometimes I'm less observant than I should be. So I'll edit away happily, and go to save half an hour later, only to find that I cannot save because I forgot to get the file lock from Subversion.
I'd really like Word to warn me the file is read-only just as I start making changes, rather than when my changes are done and I go to save. Or, Word could restrict editing entirely if the file is read-only. Is there a setting to make this possible?
Nice workaround! But that setting turns off any time someone makes changes, so they'd need to re-enable it. So it could help, if everyone on the team can always remember to do that whenever they're done making changes. Or if it's a document where I'm pretty much the only editor on, and if I can remember to do that. Sadly I think it will be too much of a nuisance to make that change every time before saving. – Ben – 2017-03-14T18:23:58.550