On Tue, 2005-05-24 at 11:30 -0700, GERRY SCHMID wrote: > I'm using OpenOffice.org 1.1, copyright 2003 form Sun Microsystems, which I > just bought from Staples. In the Spreadsheet area, I created my first > project and saved it under "save as". After doing some more work on it, I > tried to save it by clicking on the "SAVE" icon. An error message appered > that said, "Could not create backup copy". I had to click on the OK button > twice before the spreadsheet screen reappeared. I then tried to close the > project by clicking on the " X " in the upper right corner but after being > asked to "SAVE, DISCARD or CANCEL", I received the same error message. So I > can't get out of the project unless I do a soft boot and I lose all my work > that way. > > H E L P soon! ! ! > > Gerry Schmid
Which OS? I will guess windows of some description. You have to give yourself permission to save in the directory where your personal copy of OOo is located. This could be under C:\Programs and Files \OpenOffice.org1.1\user\backup. XP is similar. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
