On Mon, May 08, 2006 at 02:51:22PM +0200, Georg Baum wrote: > Sarah Gray wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I have recently been given a laptop that runs Windows XP with Service Pack > > 2. I just downloaded LYX but I have a problem. When I attempt to open my > > documents from my CD, I get only a read only version. I am not very > > computer savvy. How can I make my files so that I can actually work on > > them? > > Copy them to your hard drive first, or save them from within LyX with > File->Save As on your hard drive. Files on a CD are not writable, so LyX > prevents you from editing them.
Which is a pretty stupid thing to do. If I just want some minor changes to cut&paste someplace else it is ridiculous to require a SaveAs first. Andre'
