It should work for Word and Excel files.For quite some time now, Time Machine has been the go-to backup app for most Mac users. Seems to do what's needed and prevents editing of the document. Instead of Shift+Right-Click -> Open as Read Only, use Open in Protected View. Click Close or OK as necessary to dismiss all the dialog boxes.In the Topic box, enter this single word: System.In the Application box, enter this single word: WinWord.In the DDE Message box, enter the following text:.The information you copied in step 8 is pasted into the box. Position the insertion point in the Application Used to Perform Action box and press CTRL+V.For instance, you could type Open Read-Only. In the Action box, enter the name you want to appear in the shortcut menu.Windows displays the New Action dialog box. This copies the contents of the Application Used to Perform Action box.
Select the contents of the Application Used to Perform Action box.Select the Open option in the Actions list.Windows displays the Edit File Type dialog box. In the list of Registered File Types, locate and select Microsoft Word Document.Ĭlick on the Edit button. Make sure the File Types tab is selected.(In some versions of Windows you choose Options from the View menu, or Folder Options from the Tools menu.) Windows displays the Folder Options (or just plain Options) dialog box. Choose Folder Options from the View menu.SHIFT + Right-Click or hit F10 -> click Open as Read-Only The good news is that Open as Read-Only is now a simpler process. The above answer doesn't work for Windows 7 because the interface for file associations has changed.
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