Re: [libreoffice-users] how to turn off read only

Hi :)
Can you move the file into a new sub-folder such as "OldVersions-Backups"
and then use "Save As.." to create a new copy in the main folder.

I found a neat work-flow for editing my html files in GEdit in Gnu&Linux
(but that doesn't work in Windows) is to
1.  open the document
2.  in the file-browser rename the file to add a version number (such as
reverse date)
3.  re-save the document, make some edits and re-save again.

4.  Every once in a while i move all the prior versions into the sub-folder
and maybe delete some.

Also i sometimes find that when other people have opened a file the
lock-file is often left behind even if they close the file properly.  So in
the same folder as the file is there a hidden file with almost the same
name but that has something like "~lockfile" added to the name?  Deleting
that make the proper file behave normally again.
Regards from
Tom :)




On 6 September 2014 08:58, Brian Barker <b.m.barker@btinternet.com> wrote:

> At 17:59 05/09/2014 -0700, John R. Sowden wrote:
>
> > Now that I have created my invoice form, I went into file/properties and
> > checked 'open as read only', so the form does not get "filled in". Then I
> > decided to make some improvements.  When I opened the file, of course, it
> > is set to read only, so I went to properties and found the check box grayed
> > out, so I exited LO and used Linux to set the file to read/write for me and
> > my group (of me).
>
> It's worth mentioning that this is irrelevant to what you are doing. The
> file properties kept by your operating system (Linux) are separate from the
> setting you found at File | Properties... | Security, which is saved in the
> document file and not as part of its file properties. The file is not
> read-only but only *open as* read-only.
>
>  When I opening the file, I found it was still grayed out.
> >
>
> Because you have not changed the internal read-only restriction.
> (Catch-22!)
>
>  Help explained how to edit the file, ...
> >
>
> Using the Edit File button in the Standard toolbar? Good.
>
>  ... but when I went to save it, it would only save as 'save as'.
> >
>
> I don't think this is normal. If this happened, I think you must have set
> the operating system file properties to read-only - the opposite of what
> you meant to do. If so, Edit File will allow you to edit only a copy, not
> the original file, and that new copy will yet have no name or path and will
> need Save As... to save it.
>
>  How do I change the setting so it does not go to 'read only' when I open
> > the file in LO?
>
> First set the operating system property back to allow editing (as it would
> have been at the start). Click the Edit File button. The File |
> Properties... | Security setting will now no longer be greyed out.
>
> I trust this helps.
>
> Brian Barker
>
>
>
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