Hi Jean, It would at least prevent anyone changing the content of the original. George. ________________________________ From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jean Menzies Sent: 27 January 2011 21:51 To: DBT list Subject: [duxuser] read only file status As I send my braille files to AHDI for distribution, is there any advantage or safeguard, or potential problem if I change the file status under Properties to read only? I'm doing that for the Word files, but I've never done it for braille files. Jean Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.