On 06/12/2007 12:53 AM, Tan Godfrey wrote: > Hi Richard, and all who replied me, > > I am very grateful for the suggestions rendered. I have both done > the "Save As" into another file name as well as to Microsoft Word > format but still to no avail. > > I also clicked on "Edit" button (the icon with a paper and pen/pncil) > but still the document was read only in both the OpenDocument and > Word formats. > > I could open the document with MS Word on another Windows XP machine > and did my editing there. > > BUT...the next time when I turned on my Windows XP machine, the file > saved as MS Word format was editable bot not the original > OpenDocument (.odt) formatted one. So I suspect, one may have to > close the entire OpenOffice QuickStarted on the below right toolbar > and restart it in order to edit the MS Word document or reboot. > > I hope that this problem can be rectified by the developers. > > Here is my analysis. If a document is saved as OpenDocument Text > (.odt) format at first instance, the next time the document is opened > up, it becomes Read-Only. > > But if the document is saved in another format like MS Word at first > instance, it can be opened again for edititng. Also if this same > document is saved as OpenDocument Text (.odt) after it is created and > saved in another format, it can also be edited. > > So I believe the moral of the story is "Don't save in OpenDocument > Text (.odt) at first instance so that the document can be opened for > editing". I trust this helps. > > But I think this is still something that the developers need to fix. > My opinion is that it is not a big problem but a bit of a nuisance. > > Godfrey >
I think that your analysis is probably caused by an options setting rather than a bug (at least I hope so as I can't recreate it). Please look at: Tools|Options|OpenOffice.org|Security check under "File sharing options for this document" and see if perhaps the "Open this document in read-only mode" has been checked. There may be others --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
