On Thursday July 19 2007 20:55, NoOp wrote: > On 07/19/2007 08:38 PM, russbucket wrote: > > On Thursday July 19 2007 20:22, NoOp wrote: > >> On 07/19/2007 07:52 PM, russbucket wrote: > >> > On Thursday July 19 2007 19:07, NoOp wrote: > >> >> On 07/19/2007 06:54 PM, russbucket wrote: > >> >> > I have a question about multiple language documents. I have two MS > >> >> > Office 2003 Word documents. One is in English and one in Spanish. I > >> >> > can open both with the writer. I can modify and save the English > >> >> > one both as a word document and a odt document. The Spanish one > >> >> > will not allow me to make any modifications to it. I can save it as > >> >> > Word or odt. Both were generated by MS Word 2003. Just cannot > >> >> > modify it. The permissions on both documents are the same 644, I am > >> >> > the owner and the group is users. > >> >> > > >> >> > If I boot XP Office 2003 and use word I can modify both. > >> >> > > >> >> > Do I need to install something additional to be able to modify this > >> >> > document. Or is this some kind of bug I need to report? What other > >> >> > information can I send? > >> >> > > >> >> > Thanks in advance. > >> >> > >> >> Perhaps it is 'sections' protected. Check: > >> >> > >> >> Format|Sections > >> >> > >> >> and see if the section is write protected. > >> > > >> > Format- Sections, the Sections is greyed out Looks like its two frames > >> > with a column. I tried format paragraph, character , frame and page > >> > format. Nothing changed.. Could not find any thing thats says protect. > >> > The text and picture in the frames are anchored to the character. > >> > >> OK. Perhaps the document is set to open as read only? Check: > >> Tools|Options|OOo|Security and see if perhaps it's set to read only > >> (File sharing options for this document). > > > > No - the read only option is off (unchecked). What this is is a flier for > > a health screening van. Tour supposed to modify the date, time location > > field to reflect when it will be in your area. Since we have a large > > hispanic population I wanted to use both the English and Spanish > > version. > > > > Thanks again, I'll look to see if there is any protection on the fields. > > When I click the cursor to make a change it stays in the upper left > > corner of the frame. > > Sorry. Out of ideas. However if you want to send it to me I'll see if I > can figure it out from this end. > > Gary > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes I'll send it to your email address. I did not mention I'm on build 2.2.0.2 of openoffice.
Thanks for the help offer. -- Russ Linux register user 441463 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]