Many thanks for this, John. Annabel. Find me on Twitter: johnssinger Website: planetannabel.com ----- Original Message ----- From: john coley To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 6:05 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Read Only File Hi Annabel, change it in properties. Highlight the file, press alt and enter, then tab till you get to the read only field and uncheck it. Then tab to ok and click it. John. ----- Original Message ----- From: Annabell To: access list Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2011 5:58 PM Subject: [access-uk] Read Only File Hello, Please could someone remind me how to stop a file from being "read only", so that I can make changes to it? Many thanks, Annabel.