I have saved a word document on a cd-rw and when i come to alter anything it
comes up as read only, i have been into properties and altered the read only,
but it reappears evey time i try to modify the document. The original
document on file is not read only and can be altered. Am i using the correct
cd or is it not possible to save and alter on a cd.
I have had a error message sometimes
An error occured applying attributesto the file E:\doc name.doc
Access denied

Save the document to your hard drive and make your alterations there and then
resave it and copy it to your CD
--
Carol A. Bratt, MCP



"evandan" wrote:

I have saved a word document on a cd-rw and when i come to alter anything it
comes up as read only, i have been into properties and altered the read only,
but it reappears evey time i try to modify the document. The original
document on file is not read only and can be altered. Am i using the correct
cd or is it not possible to save and alter on a cd.
I have had a error message sometimes
An error occured applying attributesto the file E:\doc name.doc
Access denied

Copy the file you want to edit from your cd to your hard drive. Open the
file that you just copied to the hard drive, but open it from the hard drive.
Make whatever edits necessary and then save and close the file. Reburn the
edited version of the file back to your CD

All files on a CD are read only and you should always copy the file from the
CD to a disk drive and then reburn them back to the cd following changes.
--
Kevin Backmann


"evandan" wrote:

I have saved a word document on a cd-rw and when i come to alter anything it
comes up as read only, i have been into properties and altered the read only,
but it reappears evey time i try to modify the document. The original
document on file is not read only and can be altered. Am i using the correct
cd or is it not possible to save and alter on a cd.
I have had a error message sometimes
An error occured applying attributesto the file E:\doc name.doc
Access denied

If you want to be able to use your documents, when working within 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, schools) 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.
--
Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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I have saved a word document on a cd-rw and when i come to alter anything
it
comes up as read only, i have been into properties and altered the read
only,
but it reappears evey time i try to modify the document. The original
document on file is not read only and can be altered. Am i using the
correct
cd or is it not possible to save and alter on a cd.
I have had a error message sometimes
An error occured applying attributesto the file E:\doc name.doc
Access denied

You will however have to remove the read-only flag when you have copied the
file to your hard drive before opening it to edit it.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Kevin B wrote:
Copy the file you want to edit from your cd to your hard drive. Open
the file that you just copied to the hard drive, but open it from the
hard drive. Make whatever edits necessary and then save and close the
file. Reburn the edited version of the file back to your CD

All files on a CD are read only and you should always copy the file
from the CD to a disk drive and then reburn them back to the cd
following changes.

I have saved a word document on a cd-rw and when i come to alter
anything it comes up as read only, i have been into properties and
altered the read only, but it reappears evey time i try to modify
the document. The original document on file is not read only and can
be altered. Am i using the correct cd or is it not possible to save
and alter on a cd.
I have had a error message sometimes
An error occured applying attributesto the file E:\doc name.doc
Access denied