[austechwriter] Re: Damn - Sorry about that - here's a real messageofthanks!

  • From: Erisa Linsky <slinka@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 10:10:46 +1000

Did you check properties and see if it was read only?  Sometimes systems
glitches or mistakes can cause files to become read only.
----- Original Message -----
From: Deborah Cross <Deborah.Cross@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 8:51 AM
Subject: [austechwriter] Damn - Sorry about that - here's a real message
ofthanks!


> Hi All,
>
> Thanks for all your suggestions.  I really appreciate the fast response =
> and range of answers, especially considering it was Friday afternoon. =
> The only solution that worked was to copy into a new file and reformat =
> where necessary.  Luckily there wasn't too much of that since I have =
> used styles and templates.
>
> Our network has a virus checker that runs every two hours or so, but I =
> will ask them about the possibility of a virus anyway.
>
> For those of you who like to persevere with a problem, here are some =
> more clues!  :)
>
> * The Save and Save As options where not greyed out, but when I selected =
> them nothing happened.
> * The file name was short and only included alphanumeric characters =
> already.
> * The file had been saved numerous times previously and autosave and =
> fast save had been turned off as my preference is to save properly every =
> five minutes or so.
> * File had only been open for an hour or so when it stopped working.
> * Couldn't Save As RTF because Save As function not working.  Ws easier =
> to cut and paste into new Word doc.
> * Nothing obvious in the Macros for File or Template.  Only have a =
> couple of macros and have been using these successfully all over the =
> place.
>
> Deborah Cross
> Australian National University
> ANU CRICOS #00120C
> Email deborah.cross@xxxxxxxxxx
>
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