This is a repost (with a new subject line) because I didn't get it resolved the first time, perhaps because I was not clear in describing the problem and perhaps because I wasn't subscribed to this list.
This behavior is new with RC2, and I haven't gone to RC3 because the release notes don't seem to apply to me. Until RC2 (including RC1 and .195 and many earlier versions) I could create a new spreadsheet with one of my standard templates, make changes to the sheet, and then save the resulting file as the same template that I originally started with. By "saving the template" I mean using the FILE > TEMPLATES > SAVE procedure. With RC2, when I attempt this procedure, after saying "yes" to overwriting the existing template, I get an "Error writing document Untitled1 as template: General Error. General input/output error." My experience with this error is identical on two different WinXPproSP2 machines and is perfectly reproducible. I would submit an issue, but I don't know how, and I am not sufficiently confident that the problem isn't unique to my particular circumstances. Can others reproduce this behavior? Ideas? Jim White -----Original Message----- From: Jim White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 7:45 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [users] can't save Untitled1 as template CPHennessy wrote: >On Fri October 14 2005 20:20, + Jim White wrote: > > >>This is new with RC2. When I use a template to create a new >>spreadsheet, I can no longer make changes and then save it as the same >>template >>(shift+F11) until after I save it (ctrl+S) first. I get an "Error >>writing document Untitled1 as template: General Error. General input/output error." >> This is true even if I save it (ctrl+S) as Untitled1.ods. I hope >>this is a bug, and not by design. >> >> > >As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: >On Fri October 14 2005 22:02, Dan Lewis wrote: > > >> The correct procedure is to do this File > Templates > Save. Name >>the template and click OK. This places the template in the My >>Templates folder. If you are making corrections to a template you >>follow the same procedure. When asked if you want to overwrite the >>file, answer yes. I have been doing this since 1.1.0 of possibly 1.0.3. >> While you can save the file as a template and place it in the >>correct folder, it is easier to do so as I outlined it above. It is >>also listed in Help: Use "templates;creating document templates" as >>the search term. >> >> >> > >Please reply to [email protected] only. > > > > The procedure Dan describes is precisely what I have been doing successfully since 1.0 also. In my original post I used the keyboard shortcuts to distinguish between the two types of "Save." Unfortunately, this procedure no longer works for me with RC2. I have tried it both at work and at home and get the same result. It also makes no difference whether the template I am modifying was originally created with RC2 or was converted from an earlier version. Incidentally, this is on WinXPproSP2. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
