Hi :) Can you move the file into a new sub-folder such as "OldVersions-Backups" and then use "Save As.." to create a new copy in the main folder.
I found a neat work-flow for editing my html files in GEdit in Gnu&Linux (but that doesn't work in Windows) is to 1. open the document 2. in the file-browser rename the file to add a version number (such as reverse date) 3. re-save the document, make some edits and re-save again. 4. Every once in a while i move all the prior versions into the sub-folder and maybe delete some. Also i sometimes find that when other people have opened a file the lock-file is often left behind even if they close the file properly. So in the same folder as the file is there a hidden file with almost the same name but that has something like "~lockfile" added to the name? Deleting that make the proper file behave normally again. Regards from Tom :) On 6 September 2014 08:58, Brian Barker <[email protected]> wrote: > At 17:59 05/09/2014 -0700, John R. Sowden wrote: > >> Now that I have created my invoice form, I went into file/properties and >> checked 'open as read only', so the form does not get "filled in". Then I >> decided to make some improvements. When I opened the file, of course, it >> is set to read only, so I went to properties and found the check box grayed >> out, so I exited LO and used Linux to set the file to read/write for me and >> my group (of me). >> > > It's worth mentioning that this is irrelevant to what you are doing. The > file properties kept by your operating system (Linux) are separate from the > setting you found at File | Properties... | Security, which is saved in the > document file and not as part of its file properties. The file is not > read-only but only *open as* read-only. > > When I opening the file, I found it was still grayed out. >> > > Because you have not changed the internal read-only restriction. > (Catch-22!) > > Help explained how to edit the file, ... >> > > Using the Edit File button in the Standard toolbar? Good. > > ... but when I went to save it, it would only save as 'save as'. >> > > I don't think this is normal. If this happened, I think you must have set > the operating system file properties to read-only - the opposite of what > you meant to do. If so, Edit File will allow you to edit only a copy, not > the original file, and that new copy will yet have no name or path and will > need Save As... to save it. > > How do I change the setting so it does not go to 'read only' when I open >> the file in LO? >> > > First set the operating system property back to allow editing (as it would > have been at the start). Click the Edit File button. The File | > Properties... | Security setting will now no longer be greyed out. > > I trust this helps. > > Brian Barker > > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to- > unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
