Microsoft designed Excel with an optional feature that prompts users to view a workbook in a read-only mode and save edits under a different file name. Many business owners and administrators ...

You can have Excel make a spreadsheet in read only format for others, so that people can read its contents but not edit them, or you can enforce other content restrictions.

If you wish to edit or make changes to the Excel file, you can disable or remove Read-only attribute by following any one of these methods.