Thanks to all those who replied to my post. I realise that files on a CD
should be regarded as read-only. I now know that OpenOffice3 will create an
editable file automatically if you tick the "Edit file" icon on the standard
toolbar after opening the read-only version. Neat - saves a manual "save
as". By the way, MS Word does open files on CD as editable files. My other
claims about the behaviour of my files was in error. Unknowingly I was
opening files on the hard drive - no problem in editing them.
Bill
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Knott" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 10:12 PM
Subject: Re: [users] Opening read only files in Writer
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
Files written to a CD are read only. What happens if you try the same
thing with a file on the hard drive?
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