Quite right; I meant the files, not the whole folder.
On 27/03/12 07:40, Neil Greenwood wrote:
Just to correct the assertion below: /tmp is writable for all users,
typically files downloaded there might have their permissions set to
read-only though.
Sorry I can't help with the original question!
Neil.
P.S. Sorry for the brevity, this is typed on my phone.
On Mar 26, 2012 6:56 PM, "John Oliver" <jp.oli...@ntlworld.com
<mailto:jp.oli...@ntlworld.com>> wrote:
There is a little button that looks like a document with a pencil
on it about 5 icons to the right of the new document button.
(Called Edit Document). Pressing it will make a copy of the file
and open it for editing.
The usual reason for this is a file is downloaded from the
Internet to the /tmp directory, which is read-only to all except
the root user.
Regards,
John Oliver
On 26 Mar 2012, at 18:23, paul sutton <zl...@zleap.net
<mailto:zl...@zleap.net>> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I am trying to fill in an application form sent to me in docx
format, I
> have saved as odf otherwise editing saving and reopening a docx file
> results in seriously messed up file.
>
> I have a table for work history etc, which when i try and edit
I get
> things like read only content, modified content will not be
applied, I
> need to edit these sections to add stuff.
>
> I NEED to get it filled in, how do I remove what ever is
causing this
> to be read only, I should be able to simply edit the document,
but I
> can't
>
> Getting realled stressed out with it.
>
> Please help, there must be a way to edit the file properties, the
> file it self is NOT read only its internal to the file, i can't
find
> where to go in libreoffice to make parts of the file writeable.
>
> thanks
>
> Paul
>
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