It was made read-only by means of operating system, like being on CD or having read-only attribute set. Open that document, do File\Save As, choose location and provide appropriate name. Then you should be able to edit the file and then forward it to organisation.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Harold Fuchs [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 3:54 PM > To: OpenOfficeUsers > Subject: [users] Read Only - Or Not ??? > > An organisation recently sent me an MS Word document, as an > e-mail attachment, and asked that I fill it in and e-mail it back. > > I don't use MS Word. I use OpenOffice, on Win XP/SP2. > > I opened the document and started filling it in. As soon as I > started typing I got an error message to the effect that the > document is Read Only and I can't modify it. > > I forwarded the e-mail to a friend who has MS Word. On his > system I could fill in the form; it was *not* read only. > > What is happening here, please? > > Harold Fuchs > London, England > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
