Jeff, When I get those messages I can usually close the application and open the document (by double-clicking on it) again immediately; everything tends to be fine the second time. I almost always open documents by double-clicking on the file or by selecting from the recent documents list.
This may be unrelated to your case though. -----Original Message----- From: Jeffrey Deutsch [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 13:15 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Impress files locked for editing Hello again Regina, Please, call me Jeff. Thank you for pointing me to the quickstarter. I shut it down, and checked to make sure the lock file is still deleted. However, when I try the presentation again it's still locked for editing by an unknown user. This presentation is entirely my creation, and has never gone outside my own computer. In case it wasn't clear from my original post, I've had to change the file name each time I've edited it - and I'm posting here precisely because I'm sick and tired of doing that. Anyway, as for similar files I suppose the couple of other presentation files may qualify since in effect they're earlier versions of this one. Should I delete them? I'm using Windows 7 Home Premium. Anything further you or anyone else can do to help would be most appreciated. Thank you again Regina! Jeff Deutsch Speaker & Life Coach A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs http://www.asplint.com On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Regina Henschel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jeffrey, > > Jeffrey Deutsch schrieb: >> >> 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". > > > Do you or another person have used this presentation file from somewhere > else? Or do you have a backup copy of your user data? I guess, that a > similar file still exists somewhere. > > You can try this in addition: Copy the file and rename the copy by your file > manager. And then use the renamed file. > >> >> What's a quickstarter? > > > You can enable an icon for OpenOffice, which gives you access to new > documents, on the task bar in Windows. It holds parts of OpenOffice running, > so it reacts quicker than starting newly. The setting is in Tools > Options >> OpenOffice.org > Memory. > > 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] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
