RE: Change read only files to allow me to edit and save revisions

2016-04-23 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
le via the computer operating system and account being used. - Dennis > -Original Message- > From: Eldon Fredericks [mailto:fre...@purdue.edu] > Sent: Friday, April 22, 2016 11:54 > To: users@openoffice.apache.org > Subject: Re: Change read only files to allow me to

Re: Change read only files to allow me to edit and save revisions

2016-04-22 Thread John Caruso
I f you can see the properties you can uncheck the read only attribute. -Original Message- From: Eldon Fredericks To: users Cc: Eldon Fredericks Sent: Fri, Apr 22, 2016 12:47 pm Subject: Change read only files to allow me to edit and save revisions I have a whole bunch of file

Re: Change read only files to allow me to edit and save revisions

2016-04-22 Thread chuck ef
I believe the shell is BASH. It is on mine at any rate. Sent from my iPhone > On Apr 22, 2016, at 2:23 PM, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: > > 2016-04-22 20:53 GMT+02:00 Eldon Fredericks : > >> Should have described operating system. I’m using a mac with os x 10.11.4 >> (el Capitan). Any suggestions?

Re: Change read only files to allow me to edit and save revisions

2016-04-22 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2016-04-22 21:49 GMT+02:00 Maurice Howe : > Aren't we overcomplicating things? > > Couldn't you simply OPEN and SAVE files under new names anywhere you'd like > in your file structure (desktop, etc)? Then you can edit THOSE versions as > if you had authored them. > I don't think he mentioned how

Re: Change read only files to allow me to edit and save revisions

2016-04-22 Thread Maurice Howe
Aren't we overcomplicating things? Couldn't you simply OPEN and SAVE files under new names anywhere you'd like in your file structure (desktop, etc)? Then you can edit THOSE versions as if you had authored them. Maurice On Fri, Apr 22, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Eldon Fredericks wrote: > Should have de

Re: Change read only files to allow me to edit and save revisions

2016-04-22 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2016-04-22 20:53 GMT+02:00 Eldon Fredericks : > Should have described operating system. I’m using a mac with os x 10.11.4 > (el Capitan). Any suggestions? The files were created with the Seagate > drive connected directly to my laptop. Now I have the Seagate connected to > the router so I can get

Re: Change read only files to allow me to edit and save revisions

2016-04-22 Thread Eldon Fredericks
Should have described operating system. I’m using a mac with os x 10.11.4 (el Capitan). Any suggestions? The files were created with the Seagate drive connected directly to my laptop. Now I have the Seagate connected to the router so I can get at the files from both my laptop and my iMac. Thank

Re: Change read only files to allow me to edit and save revisions

2016-04-22 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2016-04-22 18:47 GMT+02:00 Eldon Fredericks : > I have a whole bunch of files, both Open Office Writer and Open Office > Calc files created by me and stored on a Seagate drive connected to my > wireless router. > > I can see those files and I can retrieve them but I cannot modify nor save > them.