It appears that this is not an OpenOffice-specific situation. We would like to be able to confirm that, however.
Here is a checklist that when you completed it in a reply back to this list, will help us understand what the situation is. We will probably ask you another round of questions and then suggest some things to try. (It is elaborate like this because it is difficult to reproduce this problem. Many of us have had no difficulty so we need to work with those few like you who have encountered it.) Please reply to users@openoffice.apache.org. If you reply directly to me, I will take it as permission to forward to that list as I see fit. A. UPGRADE PATH 1. Was the upgrade to Windows 10 from Windows 7, 8, or 8.1?: 2. Did you do a "clean-install" or use the automatically-offered upgrade procedure? 3. In the original system, did you have a "classical" user account with a one-word User ID or did you have a "Microsoft" user account which has the form of an email address? 4. After the Windows 10 upgrade, did you create a different account from the one in (3) as your main account? B. SCOPE OF PROBLEM Do you see this problem using files in applications other than OpenOffice? If you notice the problem with other files and applications let us know. That is very important. Because you are having the difficulty with OpenOffice either way, please go through the remainder of this procedure anyhow. C. SYSTEM CONFIGURATION In Windows 10, right click on the Windows button (leftmost symbol on the task bar), and then select "System". Please report the following information from the display that appears. Windows edition The name of the edition (complete first line below "Windows edition"): System Processor: Installed memory (RAM): System type: Pen and Touch: D. OPEN OFFICE CONFIGURATION Now left click on the Windows button. On the left sidebar of the Start display that shows all programs, scroll down to the letter O where you see a folder named OpenOffice. If you don't see a list of all programs, click the "All apps" item at the bottom of the sidebar to show the list. If you do not see a left sidebar at all, click the menu button (a stack of three horizontal lines) in the upper-left corner of the start page. What is the full name of that OpenOffice folder (including any version number)?: Click on the OpenOffice entry in the all-programs entry. In the list that opens up, click on the first entry, for OpenOffice itself. Do not click on any of the individual components. OpenOffice should open and present its "dashboard" view. This provides a white frame including buttons for the six types of documents processed by OpenOffice. At the top of the opened "OpenOffice" window, there is a menu row. Click on the Help item. In the little pop-down list that opens, click "About OpenOffice" What is the version information in the "About ... OpenOffice" display that opens up? Name and version of the software (e.g., "Apache OpenOffice 4.1.1": Rev. number (in line below name and version number) if any (e.g., 1617669): Click OK on the "About ...OpenOffice" display. On the dashboard, there is a diagram of a file folder with an arrow emerging from it. Click on the down pointer to the right of that image. (Not the folder, the down pointer). Do you see a list of the last few documents you worked on? How many items are in the list (default maximum is 10): IF THERE ARE NONE, STOP HERE. Let us know the information requested above and there will be a follow-up question. IF THERE ARE ITEMS IN THE LIST, CONTINUE. The items in the list are numbered. This information will be important later. Write down the numbers and the full names of the files at each number. You may have to put your mouse over any name that has been abbreviated to see the full name. The full names are important for forensic work. E. PLEASE REVIEW ALL OF THE QUESTIONS BELOW SO YOU CAN WORK THROUGH THE LIST ONLY ONCE: How many will open by clicking on their filenames in that list (do this in reverse order)?: (This is about opening in any mode, editable or not, read-only or not. To go through them one at a time, you will have to close the opened one without attempting any changes, then re-open OpenOffice to try the next one.) This procedure cannot open a file that has been moved from where it was last used in OpenOffice. OpenOffice will report this. How many of those are there? How many of those open with no problem and no indication they cannot be edited (locked) or are read-only?: How many of those that open are identified as being read-only or not editable?: Include the list of documents that open but that are read-only or are not editable. The follow-up will ask you to narrow in on those files to see what about them is a problem. THAT'S MANY QUESTIONS When we see your response, we will have other questions about the locations of those documents, or of other OpenOffice documents that you tried to open that are not on that list of recent documents. Thank you for reporting your difficulty. Your answers will be instrumental in helping us to narrow down and differentiate any cases to where we can identify each case's origin and provide work-arounds. - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: ap...@telus.net [mailto:ap...@telus.net] Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2015 12:27 To: users@openoffice.apache.org Subject: READ ONLY READ ONLY has appeared on my spreadsheet heading and I ca longer save my file. Is WINDOWS 10 a problem? I tried to add itemsz to an ongoing spreadsheet aand d even when I did could NOT SAVE. (Didn't notice the READ ONLY). Instructions under HELP did not solve my problem. HELP. Thnxs. (WAS a good program BEFORE READ ONLY showed up!!!). ANDREW POPOVIC PO BOX 2334 359 15 TH ST FORT MACLEOD, AB T0L 0Z0 403 553 4589 ap...@telus.net --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
