Yes, I could do that, but that means I have to know in advance that I want to change the template, which would require more forethought than I am generally capable of. G. Roderick Singleton suggested that it has something to do with Windows permissions in the templates folder, but my fiddling with them has produced no joy, either. GRS's second idea was that it is a security issue with WinXPproSP2, which he hasn't installed because of its sometimes troublesome (or at least idiosyncratic) handling of security. Are you on WinXPpro with SP2? Jim White
_____ From: Michele Zarri [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 20, 2005 4:31 PM To: users@openoffice.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [users] Can't save sheet created with a template as that template I get the same error if I open a document based on template x and then try to save this document as a "revision" of template x. I guess that the cleanest way to modify a template is file--> templates --> organise --> (pick the template you want to edit) --> commands --> edit --> (do the modifications) --> save (the "normal" one) Cheers, Michele On 19/10/05, Jim White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This is a repost (with a new subject line) because I didn't get it resolved the first time, perhaps because I was not clear in describing the problem and perhaps because I wasn't subscribed to this list. This behavior is new with RC2, and I haven't gone to RC3 because the release notes don't seem to apply to me. Until RC2 (including RC1 and .195 and many earlier versions) I could create a new spreadsheet with one of my standard templates, make changes to the sheet, and then save the resulting file as the same template that I originally started with. By "saving the template" I mean using the FILE > TEMPLATES > SAVE procedure. With RC2, when I attempt this procedure, after saying "yes" to overwriting the existing template, I get an "Error writing document Untitled1 as template: General Error. General input/output error." My experience with this error is identical on two different WinXPproSP2 machines and is perfectly reproducible. I would submit an issue, but I don't know how, and I am not sufficiently confident that the problem isn't unique to my particular circumstances. Can others reproduce this behavior? Ideas? Jim White -----Original Message----- From: Jim White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ] Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 7:45 PM To: users@openoffice.org Subject: Re: [users] can't save Untitled1 as template CPHennessy wrote: >On Fri October 14 2005 20:20, + Jim White wrote: > > >>This is new with RC2. When I use a template to create a new >>spreadsheet, I can no longer make changes and then save it as the same >>template >>(shift+F11) until after I save it (ctrl+S) first. I get an "Error >>writing document Untitled1 as template: General Error. General input/output error." >> This is true even if I save it (ctrl+S) as Untitled1.ods. I hope >>this is a bug, and not by design. >> >> > >As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: >On Fri October 14 2005 22:02, Dan Lewis wrote: > > >> The correct procedure is to do this File > Templates > Save. Name >>the template and click OK. This places the template in the My >>Templates folder. If you are making corrections to a template you >>follow the same procedure. When asked if you want to overwrite the >>file, answer yes. I have been doing this since 1.1.0 of possibly 1.0.3. >> While you can save the file as a template and place it in the >>correct folder, it is easier to do so as I outlined it above. It is >>also listed in Help: Use "templates;creating document templates" as >>the search term. >> >> >> > >Please reply to users@openoffice.org only. > > > > The procedure Dan describes is precisely what I have been doing successfully since 1.0 also. In my original post I used the keyboard shortcuts to distinguish between the two types of "Save." Unfortunately, this procedure no longer works for me with RC2. I have tried it both at work and at home and get the same result. It also makes no difference whether the template I am modifying was originally created with RC2 or was converted from an earlier version. Incidentally, this is on WinXPproSP2. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
