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Impress files locked for editing
Hello,
I'm using Impress on OpenOffice 3.3. Each time I open a presentation
on Impress, I'm told the file is locked for editing, and given the
choice of opening it read-only or opening a copy for editing. I do the
latter. When I edit the presentation, I can't save it under the same
name (since, after all, it's locked just as if it were still being
used elsewhere) so I have to change the name to save my alterations.
I'm running it on my own computer, with no other users. I always close
Impress when finished with a presentation, and shut down my computer
appropriately.
What would you advise?
Thank you very much!
Jeff Deutsch
Speaker & Life Coach
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Re: Impress files locked for editing
Posted by Terry <te...@yahoo.com.au>.
I don't use Windows. There have been reports of IE9 interfering with OpenOffice on Windows 7. I forget the details. Evidently, if you remove IE9, IE8 is automatically installed in its place. Google search: http://tinyurl.com/7ug4fyb
----- Original Message -----
> From: Jeffrey Deutsch <jd...@gmail.com>
> To: ooo-users@incubator.apache.org
> Cc:
> Sent: Tuesday, 24 January 2012 11:40 AM
> Subject: Re: Impress files locked for editing
>
> Dennis, thank you kindly for your tip. Problem is, I save my
> presentations as PowerPoint files, and if I click on the file directly
> I get PowerPoint itself - which I don't want, I'd *much* rather use
> Impress.
>
> Anthony, thank you very much for your suggestion; Regina gave that to
> me already and I tried it. It didn't suffice, so I posted again.
>
> So, please consider my query still open - any further help anyone can
> offer would be most appreciated!
>
> Jeff Deutsch
> Speaker & Life Coach
> A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs
> http://www.asplint.com
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton
> <de...@acm.org> wrote:
>> Jeff,
>>
>> When I get those messages I can usually close the application and open the
> document (by double-clicking on it) again immediately; everything tends to be
> fine the second time. I almost always open documents by double-clicking on the
> file or by selecting from the recent documents list.
>>
>> This may be unrelated to your case though.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jeffrey Deutsch [mailto:jdeutsch.asplint@gmail.com]
>> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 13:15
>> To: ooo-users@incubator.apache.org
>> Subject: Re: Impress files locked for editing
>>
>> Hello again Regina,
>>
>> Please, call me Jeff.
>>
>> Thank you for pointing me to the quickstarter. I shut it down, and
>> checked to make sure the lock file is still deleted. However, when I
>> try the presentation again it's still locked for editing by an unknown
>> user.
>>
>> This presentation is entirely my creation, and has never gone outside
>> my own computer. In case it wasn't clear from my original post,
> I've
>> had to change the file name each time I've edited it - and I'm
> posting
>> here precisely because I'm sick and tired of doing that.
>>
>> Anyway, as for similar files I suppose the couple of other
>> presentation files may qualify since in effect they're earlier
>> versions of this one. Should I delete them?
>>
>> I'm using Windows 7 Home Premium. Anything further you or anyone else
>> can do to help would be most appreciated.
>>
>> Thank you again Regina!
>>
>> Jeff Deutsch
>> Speaker & Life Coach
>> A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs
>> http://www.asplint.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Regina Henschel
>> <rb...@t-online.de> wrote:
>>> Hi Jeffrey,
>>>
>>> Jeffrey Deutsch schrieb:
>>>>
>>>> Good evening Regina,
>>>>
>>>> I closed OpenOffice.org, and deleted the lock file you mentioned.
>>>>
>>>> However, now instead of saying the file is locked for editing by
> me,
>>>> it says it's locked for editing by "Unknown User".
>>>
>>>
>>> Do you or another person have used this presentation file from
> somewhere
>>> else? Or do you have a backup copy of your user data? I guess, that a
>>> similar file still exists somewhere.
>>>
>>> You can try this in addition: Copy the file and rename the copy by your
> file
>>> manager. And then use the renamed file.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> What's a quickstarter?
>>>
>>>
>>> You can enable an icon for OpenOffice, which gives you access to new
>>> documents, on the task bar in Windows. It holds parts of OpenOffice
> running,
>>> so it reacts quicker than starting newly. The setting is in Tools >
> Options
>>>> OpenOffice.org > Memory.
>>>
>>> Kind regards
>>> Regina
>>>
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Re: Impress files locked for editing
Posted by Jeffrey Deutsch <jd...@gmail.com>.
Dennis, thank you kindly for your tip. Problem is, I save my
presentations as PowerPoint files, and if I click on the file directly
I get PowerPoint itself - which I don't want, I'd *much* rather use
Impress.
Anthony, thank you very much for your suggestion; Regina gave that to
me already and I tried it. It didn't suffice, so I posted again.
So, please consider my query still open - any further help anyone can
offer would be most appreciated!
Jeff Deutsch
Speaker & Life Coach
A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs
http://www.asplint.com
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 5:38 PM, Dennis E. Hamilton
<de...@acm.org> wrote:
> Jeff,
>
> When I get those messages I can usually close the application and open the document (by double-clicking on it) again immediately; everything tends to be fine the second time. I almost always open documents by double-clicking on the file or by selecting from the recent documents list.
>
> This may be unrelated to your case though.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeffrey Deutsch [mailto:jdeutsch.asplint@gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 13:15
> To: ooo-users@incubator.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Impress files locked for editing
>
> Hello again Regina,
>
> Please, call me Jeff.
>
> Thank you for pointing me to the quickstarter. I shut it down, and
> checked to make sure the lock file is still deleted. However, when I
> try the presentation again it's still locked for editing by an unknown
> user.
>
> This presentation is entirely my creation, and has never gone outside
> my own computer. In case it wasn't clear from my original post, I've
> had to change the file name each time I've edited it - and I'm posting
> here precisely because I'm sick and tired of doing that.
>
> Anyway, as for similar files I suppose the couple of other
> presentation files may qualify since in effect they're earlier
> versions of this one. Should I delete them?
>
> I'm using Windows 7 Home Premium. Anything further you or anyone else
> can do to help would be most appreciated.
>
> Thank you again Regina!
>
> Jeff Deutsch
> Speaker & Life Coach
> A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs
> http://www.asplint.com
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Regina Henschel
> <rb...@t-online.de> wrote:
>> Hi Jeffrey,
>>
>> Jeffrey Deutsch schrieb:
>>>
>>> Good evening Regina,
>>>
>>> I closed OpenOffice.org, and deleted the lock file you mentioned.
>>>
>>> However, now instead of saying the file is locked for editing by me,
>>> it says it's locked for editing by "Unknown User".
>>
>>
>> Do you or another person have used this presentation file from somewhere
>> else? Or do you have a backup copy of your user data? I guess, that a
>> similar file still exists somewhere.
>>
>> You can try this in addition: Copy the file and rename the copy by your file
>> manager. And then use the renamed file.
>>
>>>
>>> What's a quickstarter?
>>
>>
>> You can enable an icon for OpenOffice, which gives you access to new
>> documents, on the task bar in Windows. It holds parts of OpenOffice running,
>> so it reacts quicker than starting newly. The setting is in Tools > Options
>>> OpenOffice.org > Memory.
>>
>> Kind regards
>> Regina
>>
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RE: Impress files locked for editing
Posted by "Dennis E. Hamilton" <de...@acm.org>.
Jeff,
When I get those messages I can usually close the application and open the document (by double-clicking on it) again immediately; everything tends to be fine the second time. I almost always open documents by double-clicking on the file or by selecting from the recent documents list.
This may be unrelated to your case though.
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeffrey Deutsch [mailto:jdeutsch.asplint@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2012 13:15
To: ooo-users@incubator.apache.org
Subject: Re: Impress files locked for editing
Hello again Regina,
Please, call me Jeff.
Thank you for pointing me to the quickstarter. I shut it down, and
checked to make sure the lock file is still deleted. However, when I
try the presentation again it's still locked for editing by an unknown
user.
This presentation is entirely my creation, and has never gone outside
my own computer. In case it wasn't clear from my original post, I've
had to change the file name each time I've edited it - and I'm posting
here precisely because I'm sick and tired of doing that.
Anyway, as for similar files I suppose the couple of other
presentation files may qualify since in effect they're earlier
versions of this one. Should I delete them?
I'm using Windows 7 Home Premium. Anything further you or anyone else
can do to help would be most appreciated.
Thank you again Regina!
Jeff Deutsch
Speaker & Life Coach
A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs
http://www.asplint.com
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Regina Henschel
<rb...@t-online.de> wrote:
> Hi Jeffrey,
>
> Jeffrey Deutsch schrieb:
>>
>> Good evening Regina,
>>
>> I closed OpenOffice.org, and deleted the lock file you mentioned.
>>
>> However, now instead of saying the file is locked for editing by me,
>> it says it's locked for editing by "Unknown User".
>
>
> Do you or another person have used this presentation file from somewhere
> else? Or do you have a backup copy of your user data? I guess, that a
> similar file still exists somewhere.
>
> You can try this in addition: Copy the file and rename the copy by your file
> manager. And then use the renamed file.
>
>>
>> What's a quickstarter?
>
>
> You can enable an icon for OpenOffice, which gives you access to new
> documents, on the task bar in Windows. It holds parts of OpenOffice running,
> so it reacts quicker than starting newly. The setting is in Tools > Options
>> OpenOffice.org > Memory.
>
> Kind regards
> Regina
>
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Re: Impress files locked for editing
Posted by Jeffrey Deutsch <jd...@gmail.com>.
Hello again Regina,
Please, call me Jeff.
Thank you for pointing me to the quickstarter. I shut it down, and
checked to make sure the lock file is still deleted. However, when I
try the presentation again it's still locked for editing by an unknown
user.
This presentation is entirely my creation, and has never gone outside
my own computer. In case it wasn't clear from my original post, I've
had to change the file name each time I've edited it - and I'm posting
here precisely because I'm sick and tired of doing that.
Anyway, as for similar files I suppose the couple of other
presentation files may qualify since in effect they're earlier
versions of this one. Should I delete them?
I'm using Windows 7 Home Premium. Anything further you or anyone else
can do to help would be most appreciated.
Thank you again Regina!
Jeff Deutsch
Speaker & Life Coach
A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs
http://www.asplint.com
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 3:57 PM, Regina Henschel
<rb...@t-online.de> wrote:
> Hi Jeffrey,
>
> Jeffrey Deutsch schrieb:
>>
>> Good evening Regina,
>>
>> I closed OpenOffice.org, and deleted the lock file you mentioned.
>>
>> However, now instead of saying the file is locked for editing by me,
>> it says it's locked for editing by "Unknown User".
>
>
> Do you or another person have used this presentation file from somewhere
> else? Or do you have a backup copy of your user data? I guess, that a
> similar file still exists somewhere.
>
> You can try this in addition: Copy the file and rename the copy by your file
> manager. And then use the renamed file.
>
>>
>> What's a quickstarter?
>
>
> You can enable an icon for OpenOffice, which gives you access to new
> documents, on the task bar in Windows. It holds parts of OpenOffice running,
> so it reacts quicker than starting newly. The setting is in Tools > Options
>> OpenOffice.org > Memory.
>
> Kind regards
> Regina
>
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Re: Impress files locked for editing
Posted by Regina Henschel <rb...@t-online.de>.
Hi Jeffrey,
Jeffrey Deutsch schrieb:
> Good evening Regina,
>
> I closed OpenOffice.org, and deleted the lock file you mentioned.
>
> However, now instead of saying the file is locked for editing by me,
> it says it's locked for editing by "Unknown User".
Do you or another person have used this presentation file from somewhere
else? Or do you have a backup copy of your user data? I guess, that a
similar file still exists somewhere.
You can try this in addition: Copy the file and rename the copy by your
file manager. And then use the renamed file.
>
> What's a quickstarter?
You can enable an icon for OpenOffice, which gives you access to new
documents, on the task bar in Windows. It holds parts of OpenOffice
running, so it reacts quicker than starting newly. The setting is in
Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org > Memory.
Kind regards
Regina
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Re: Impress files locked for editing
Posted by Jeffrey Deutsch <jd...@gmail.com>.
Good evening Regina,
I closed OpenOffice.org, and deleted the lock file you mentioned.
However, now instead of saying the file is locked for editing by me,
it says it's locked for editing by "Unknown User".
What's a quickstarter?
Thank you very much!
Jeff Deutsch
Speaker & Life Coach
A SPLINT - ASPies LInking with NTs
http://www.asplint.com
On Mon, Jan 23, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Regina Henschel
<rb...@t-online.de> wrote:
> Hello Jeffrey,
>
> Jeffrey Deutsch schrieb:
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm using Impress on OpenOffice 3.3. Each time I open a presentation
>> on Impress, I'm told the file is locked for editing, and given the
>> choice of opening it read-only or opening a copy for editing. I do the
>> latter. When I edit the presentation, I can't save it under the same
>> name (since, after all, it's locked just as if it were still being
>> used elsewhere) so I have to change the name to save my alterations.
>>
>> I'm running it on my own computer, with no other users. I always close
>> Impress when finished with a presentation, and shut down my computer
>> appropriately.
>>
>> What would you advise?
>
>
> Close OpenOffice completely. Don't forget to close the quickstarter. Look
> into the folder, where your presentation is saved. You should see a small
> file of kind ".~lock.yourpresentationfilename#". You might need to set the
> file manager to show hidden files. Delete this file and try whether this
> solves your problem.
>
> If not, we need some more details about your operating system and the way
> OpenOffice is installed.
>
> Kind regards
> Regina
>
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Re: Impress files locked for editing
Posted by Regina Henschel <rb...@t-online.de>.
Hello Jeffrey,
Jeffrey Deutsch schrieb:
> Hello,
>
> I'm using Impress on OpenOffice 3.3. Each time I open a presentation
> on Impress, I'm told the file is locked for editing, and given the
> choice of opening it read-only or opening a copy for editing. I do the
> latter. When I edit the presentation, I can't save it under the same
> name (since, after all, it's locked just as if it were still being
> used elsewhere) so I have to change the name to save my alterations.
>
> I'm running it on my own computer, with no other users. I always close
> Impress when finished with a presentation, and shut down my computer
> appropriately.
>
> What would you advise?
Close OpenOffice completely. Don't forget to close the quickstarter.
Look into the folder, where your presentation is saved. You should see a
small file of kind ".~lock.yourpresentationfilename#". You might need to
set the file manager to show hidden files. Delete this file and try
whether this solves your problem.
If not, we need some more details about your operating system and the
way OpenOffice is installed.
Kind regards
Regina
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