Read-Only Files

G

Guest

I am trying to save a word document on a CD-RW. I can
open the document on my lap top but when I try to save it
again on the CD-RW it says it can't because this is a
Read-Only File. What do I do?
 
C

Charles Kenyon

What do I do? Don't work with documents on a CD-RW drive from within Word.
That is the short answer.

Here is the long one.

If you want to be able to use your documents, when working with in Word, act
as if your floppy drive does not exist. (This applies to CDRW/CDR drives as
well.)
Don't use Word to:
Open a document on a floppy
Print a document on a floppy
Edit a document on a floppy
Save a document to a floppy (not even a copy)

Word regularly trashes documents on floppy drives!

Instead, work on the document using your hard drive. Copy it back and forth
using Windows.

I know that for some with shared computers (libraries) this is a tough
prescription. All I can recommend for that is to use a brand new formatted
disk each time you save and don't do any editing.
 
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