Bill Butts wrote: > I'm using OpenOffice 3.0.1 on an XP system. When I copy(burn) several > Writer files to a folder on a CD and then open one of those files on > the CD, it appears as a Read Only file. Clicking the File Edit icon > enables me to copy the file to an "Untitled file" that I can edit and > the original named file disappears from the desktop. Now, if I close > the file and then open it again it opens as an editable file. Also, I > can then open the other Writer files on the CD as editable files. At > no time have I attempted to create Read Only files and I cannot find > any setting that might be causing this behaviour. Is it normal? Bill > Butts
Hi Bill As CD-R is normally regarded as a "write once" medium, I would expect the files _on the CD_ to be read only. You would not expect to be able to overwrite the original file, though if the CD-R is still "open" you may be able to write an updated copy. I presume the editable files exist only in memory and you may or may not be able to write them to the CD. Others may be more knowledgeable about the vagaries of Win XP writing to CD from the system directly, other than via a burning program. HTH Russell --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
