Opening a file Read only via a shortcut

Hello All,

I would like to be able to right click on an Excel file to create a shortcut then adjust that shortcut to open the file read only.

I have tried to put the '/r' in front of the file name in the target area but get a message that the fiel name is not valid.

I have also tried to adjust a shortcut the the Excell program itself but that also did not work for me.

If there are any suggestions I would appreciate it.

Thanks,
FFNogoodnik

Thanks,

I had visited that page before but when I was not able access my target area (it was grayed out) and I was hoping for a simpler option than the sendond link on that page gave me (for 290379) I was hoping for something that would allow me to adjust a shortcut to an xls file that would allow me to open it in read-only mode.

Well, thanks to your reply, I revisted the site and created a new shortcut to Excel and i was ablr to edit that target area.

So thanks again
FFNogoodnik