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Bob Goodwin wrote: On 28/10/09 17:12, James Wilkinson wrote: Bob Goodwin wrote: I have two completely updated F-11 computers in which the OpenOffice word processor is nearly useless because I can't edit anything? I can open a document and copy it to a new file but it doesn't tru

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On 28/10/09 17:12, James Wilkinson wrote: Bob Goodwin wrote: I have two completely updated F-11 computers in which the OpenOffice word processor is nearly useless because I can't edit anything? I can open a document and copy it to a new file but it doesn't trust me to change

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Bob Goodwin wrote: >I have two completely updated F-11 computers in which the OpenOffice >word processor is nearly useless because I can't edit anything? > >I can open a document and copy it to a new file but it doesn't trust >me to change anything, a matter of permissions perhaps

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On 28/10/09 15:05, Steve Searle wrote: Around 01:45pm on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 (UK time), Bob Goodwin scrawled: I have two completely updated F-11 computers in which the OpenOffice word processor is nearly useless because I can't edit anything? I can open a document and c

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On 28/10/09 11:54, Tim wrote: On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 11:29 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: This file was copied from OO in F-10 but I have set the permissions to 776: [b...@box9 ootext]$ ll total 12 -rwxrwxrw-. 1 bobg root 9554 2009-10-07 09:42 bp-meds.090827.odt The group ow

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Around 01:45pm on Wednesday, October 28, 2009 (UK time), Bob Goodwin scrawled: > >I have two completely updated F-11 computers in which the OpenOffice >word processor is nearly useless because I can't edit anything? > >I can open a document and copy it to a new file but it doesn't tr

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On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 12:52 AM, Fennix wrote: > On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 11:54 PM, Tim wrote: > >> On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 11:29 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> > This file was copied from OO in F-10 but I have set the permissions to >> > 776: >> > >> > [b...@box9 ootext]$ ll >> > total 12 >>

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On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 11:54 PM, Tim wrote: > On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 11:29 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > > This file was copied from OO in F-10 but I have set the permissions to > > 776: > > > > [b...@box9 ootext]$ ll > > total 12 > > -rwxrwxrw-. 1 bobg root 9554 2009-10-07 09:42 bp-med

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On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 11:29 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > This file was copied from OO in F-10 but I have set the permissions to > 776: > > [b...@box9 ootext]$ ll > total 12 > -rwxrwxrw-. 1 bobg root 9554 2009-10-07 09:42 bp-meds.090827.odt The group ownership is rather telling. Why is

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On 28/10/09 11:11, Fennix wrote: On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Bob Goodwin > wrote: On 28/10/09 10:36, Tim wrote: On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 09:45 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: I have two completely updated F-11 computers in which the

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Bob Goodwin wrote: > >I have two completely updated F-11 computers in which the OpenOffice >word processor is nearly useless because I can't edit anything? > >I can open a document and copy it to a new file but it doesn't trust >me to change anything, a matter of permissions perhaps

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On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 10:44 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: > On 28/10/09 10:36, Tim wrote: > >> On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 09:45 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> >> >>> I have two completely updated F-11 computers in which the OpenOffice >>> word processor is nearly useless because I can't edit anything? >>> >>>

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On 28/10/09 10:36, Tim wrote: On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 09:45 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: I have two completely updated F-11 computers in which the OpenOffice word processor is nearly useless because I can't edit anything? I can open a document and copy it to a new file but it doesn't trust me to

Re: Can't edit text -

On Wed, 2009-10-28 at 09:45 -0400, Bob Goodwin wrote: > I have two completely updated F-11 computers in which the OpenOffice > word processor is nearly useless because I can't edit anything? > > I can open a document and copy it to a new file but it doesn't trust > me to change anything, a matter o

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On 28/10/09 10:17, Daniel J Celta wrote: Bob Look into the permissions by using the 'chmod' command. You may need to pull the man pages to understand the sintax of how to use it. Daniel J Celta I've been changing permissions, I know well how to do that but hate to change things "willy-nill

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Bob Look into the permissions by using the 'chmod' command. You may need to pull the man pages to understand the sintax of how to use it. Daniel J Celta On Oct 28, 2009, at 8:45 AM, Bob Goodwin wrote: I have two completely updated F-11 computers in which the OpenOffice word proce

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Did you check, whether you are in a directory where the files are without write permission for the owner? suomi On 10/28/2009 02:45 PM, Bob Goodwin wrote: I have two completely updated F-11 computers in which the OpenOffice word processor is nearly useless because I can't edit anything? I ca

Can't edit text -

I have two completely updated F-11 computers in which the OpenOffice word processor is nearly useless because I can't edit anything? I can open a document and copy it to a new file but it doesn't trust me to change anything, a matter of permissions perhaps but I can't see where to