Re: Saving changes in original

2020-03-07 Thread Alan B
Sorry Saleema, no new ideas. I am not certain from your description what steps you take to get to the point Save is not available. You say '...the "save" option was not checked in settings...'. In which settings? When I have Writer open there is no "Settings" menu. There are "File", "Edit",

Re: Saving changes in original

2020-03-07 Thread SaleemaEG
It is a text doc. Could it have happened because when I composed the original I didn't have "save" checked in settings? After I checked that box every test doc saved fine. On Sat, Mar 7, 2020 at 9:18 AM WA.TWORSX via AOL wrote: > > What type of document are you working with? From your

Re: Saving changes in original

2020-03-07 Thread WA.TWORSX via AOL
What type of document are you working with? From your description, seems that it might be a template (.ott). On 3/6/2020 3:28 AM, SaleemaEG wrote: Hi, and thank you so much for open office, it is great! Would you please tell me how to "save" changes in my original document without

Re: Saving changes in original

2020-03-06 Thread Saleemaeg
Thanks so much for your quick response Alan. I tried to remedy the issue last night and found that the "save" option was not checked in settings, only the "save as" option was checked. I then checked the "save" option and that seemed to correct the problem on every new doc I opened. However,

Re: Saving changes in original

2020-03-06 Thread Alan B
Saleema, To save changes to an existing document, File>Save, is the way to do it. Note, if there are no changes "Save" will be dimmed and clicking it doesn't cause any action. If this is what you are doing already then a little more detail about the exact steps from opening the file to

Saving changes in original

2020-03-06 Thread SaleemaEG
Hi, and thank you so much for open office, it is great! Would you please tell me how to "save" changes in my original document without creating a new version? I am trying to save my changes (I do not choose "save as") but I keep getting a new page with the edit I want to save. Sometimes I