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amaloney
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 Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 6:01 pm Post subject: Locked for Editing |
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Using OOo Dev300m29 on Mac OS X 10.5.4
I have a series of documents that I have been working on for some time.
For some reason, upon attempting to open one of them produces a dialogue box that includes "Document file XXXXX is locked for editing By: A Maloney (26.07.2008 16:13)"
When I change the title, even by one character, the document becomes Read and Write.
None of the other documents that I was working on at the same time shows this.
1. How did I do it (lock the file to read only?
2. How do I undo this to make it Read and Write (I do not want to change the title)?
3. Is there some database of titles that are read only? If so, can I change it?
Thanks
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amaloney
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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 7:54 pm Post subject: |
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With the help of Brian Barker, the problem is solved.
In Mac OS X there are hidden files in each directory.
The directory containing the file in question had a file that locked my file.
When I removed that blocking file, the problem was solved.
How it got there I don't know.
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ambrose
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| Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2009 7:15 am Post subject: Vista |
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I edited my file on a Mac, and now I'm trying to edit it on my Vista laptop, but I am getting the same error "Document file .... is locked for editing by" ...
What I had to do was change the way hidden files are displayed by doing the following:
1. Click the round blue Start thing in the left corner
2. Click Control Panel
3. Click Folder Options
4. Click the View tab
5. Click Show hidden files and folders
6. If you want to see system files as well, unclick Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)
7. Click OK
Hope this saves someone some time! |
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rebelxt
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| I created a situation for myself when I copied a folder containing a spreadsheet while that spreadsheet was open in Calc. Then I couldn't figure out why I kept getting a 'Document file is locked for editing' error message. This thread has supplied the answer. Since the system is Ubuntu Linux, I opened a file browser, clicked 'View>Show Hidden Files', then navigated to the folder containing my spreadsheet. It contained a file named ".~lock...". After deleting that file, I could again open my spreadsheet in edit mode. |
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Theonomy
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| Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2009 12:44 am Post subject: Re: Vista |
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| ambrose wrote: | I edited my file on a Mac, and now I'm trying to edit it on my Vista laptop, but I am getting the same error "Document file .... is locked for editing by" ...
What I had to do was change the way hidden files are displayed by doing the following:
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That's not what fixed it for me.
For me, the files I was trying to open were on an external hard drive. I showed all hidden files, but there were no relevant hidden files related to this problem.
It turns out that the problem was fixed by changing permissions. In "Computer" (formerly known as "My Computer" I right clicked on the external hard drive, then under the "security" tab I changed the permissions, allowing all users to have full control of files on the hard drive.
The problem was immediately fixed.
Hopefully others find this useful. |
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