Explain “You are not authorized to use this document”
The most common reason for this is that the document was - at one point - exported to the repository. Then it was deleted. At that point, it is a “secured” document (since it was exported) and yet there is no record of who has access to it (since it’s missing from the repository). Thus you, even as the owner, do not have the authority to access the document. A General Supervisor can open the document and save it for all users to remove the security information and allow access to anyone.
Another reason why this error can occur is if you totally delete your repository. This will cause this error even if the document was never exported. If you have a document that was created while you were logged in, and then you send it to someone that does not have a repository (and therefore cannot log in), they get the same message.
More information on this message is available here.
Cindy Clayton (BOB member since 2002-06-11)