Dennis, thank you kindly for your tip. Problem is, I save my presentations as PowerPoint files, and if I click on the file directly I get PowerPoint itself - which I don't want, I'd *much* rather use Impress.
Anthony, thank you very much for your suggestion; Regina gave that to me already and I tried it. It didn't suffice, so I posted again. So, please consider my query still open - any further help anyone can offer would be most appreciated! Jeff Deutsch Speaker & Life Coach A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs http://www.asplint.com On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]
