pages document locked itself

I literally just watched a document I had open in Pages lock itself. Now I cannot edit it, even though I am the ONLY user, but it's not showing as locked when I Get Info on the file. How do I fix this?

MacBook Air 13″, macOS 10.14

Posted on Sep 11, 2022 09:23 PM

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Poison_Ivy_7 Author

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Sep 11, 2022 09:29 PM in response to Poison_Ivy_7

Nevermind, I figured it out! Someone else had sent me relevant Word docs that were locked, and I arranged them with my Pages docs in the same folder. My Mac locked the entire folder and everything in it! Once I removed the offending Word docs I was able to edit my Pages docs again. Freaking Microsoft, I swear . . .

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