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stalsma@a4anes.net - 13 Nov 2006 17:52 GMT

I have some locked files I want to delete, one is a ppt presentation.
Can't even put it in the trash without unlocking it. Powerpoint help
says "clip the lock button again" to ulock, but I don't see any
icon!!!!! I also have a text edit locked file which I can't unlock.
Thanks.

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David M. Marcovitz - 13 Nov 2006 18:27 GMT

This depends on which Mac OS version you are using, but in the version I
have, I can select a file, choose Get Info from the File menu, and under
the General section, look for the check box marked Locked. Uncheck that and
you should be good to go.
--David

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> I have some locked files I want to delete, one is a ppt presentation.
> Can't even put it in the trash without unlocking it. Powerpoint help
> says "clip the lock button again" to ulock, but I don't see any
> icon!!!!! I also have a text edit locked file which I can't unlock.
> Thanks.

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stalsma@a4anes.net - 13 Nov 2006 20:59 GMT

David-

Thanks for your reply. I saw some similar advice you gave in another
post. When I open the ppt, I don't have a "get info" choice in the
file menu. I am running 10.4.6. Other thoughts?

Sam T

> This depends on which Mac OS version you are using, but in the version I
> have, I can select a file, choose Get Info from the File menu, and under
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> > icon!!!!! I also have a text edit locked file which I can't unlock.
> > Thanks.

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David M. Marcovitz - 13 Nov 2006 21:14 GMT

That's your mistake. Don't open the PPT. Just click on it to select it.
This is a Mac OS thing, not a PPT thing. If you are in PPT, you are in
the wrong place. You need to be in the Finder with the file selected but
not open.
--David

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> David-
>
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>> > don't see any icon!!!!! I also have a text edit locked file which
>> > I can't unlock. Thanks.

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stalsma@a4anes.net - 14 Nov 2006 03:28 GMT

David-

Yep. You are a genius.

ST

> That's your mistake. Don't open the PPT. Just click on it to select it.
> This is a Mac OS thing, not a PPT thing. If you are in PPT, you are in
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> >> > don't see any icon!!!!! I also have a text edit locked file which
> >> > I can't unlock. Thanks.

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