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'

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