Good evening Regina, I closed OpenOffice.org, and deleted the lock file you mentioned.
However, now instead of saying the file is locked for editing by me, it says it's locked for editing by "Unknown User". What's a quickstarter? Thank you very much! Jeff Deutsch Speaker & Life Coach A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs http://www.asplint.com On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Regina Henschel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Jeffrey, > > Jeffrey Deutsch schrieb: >> >> Hello, >> >> I'm using Impress on OpenOffice 3.3. Each time I open a presentation >> on Impress, I'm told the file is locked for editing, and given the >> choice of opening it read-only or opening a copy for editing. I do the >> latter. When I edit the presentation, I can't save it under the same >> name (since, after all, it's locked just as if it were still being >> used elsewhere) so I have to change the name to save my alterations. >> >> I'm running it on my own computer, with no other users. I always close >> Impress when finished with a presentation, and shut down my computer >> appropriately. >> >> What would you advise? > > > Close OpenOffice completely. Don't forget to close the quickstarter. Look > into the folder, where your presentation is saved. You should see a small > file of kind ".~lock.yourpresentationfilename#". You might need to set the > file manager to show hidden files. Delete this file and try whether this > solves your problem. > > If not, we need some more details about your operating system and the way > OpenOffice is installed. > > Kind regards > Regina > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
