How to edit files in Microsoft office that are read only?

So I copies all of my documents using migration assistant. Now when I go to edit a file in Word or Excel, it won't let me save the document under the same name, it says I opened it in read only. How can I correct this?

Cieritaqt wrote:
So I copies all of my documents using migration assistant.
was it transfered from a pc?

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