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 > > ************************************************** > To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. > > To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. > > To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter > > To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************************************************** ************************************************** To post a message to austechwriter, send the message to austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe to austechwriter, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "subscribe" in the Subject field. To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the Subject field. To search the austechwriter archives, go to www.freelist.org/archives/austechwriter To contact the list administrator, send a message to austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx **************************************************