I get the same error if I open a document based on template x and then try to save this document as a "revision" of template x. I guess that the cleanest way to modify a template is file--> templates --> organise --> (pick the template you want to edit) --> commands --> edit --> (do the modifications) --> save (the "normal" one)
Cheers, Michele On 19/10/05, Jim White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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] > >
