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Software => Computer software => Topic started by: gasew on January 10, 2010, 08:05:38 PM

Title: office small business edition 1997
Post by: gasew on January 10, 2010, 08:05:38 PM

i have installed office smal business edition on my new computer (running windows 7) and when i try to save my work it tells me i can't because it is read only. how can i solve this problem? :(

Title: Re: office small business edition 1997
Post by: soybean on January 10, 2010, 08:17:22 PM

Did you previously put a password on this file?

Title: Re: office small business edition 1997
Post by: gasew on January 11, 2010, 01:49:24 AM

no. ihave just put it on the computer and it has worked straight away previously

Title: Re: office small business edition 1997
Post by: gasew on January 11, 2010, 02:23:14 AM

i think i have found the problem. I am trying to save to iomega external hard drive and that is what it won't let me save to. it says i don't have permission.????? help??? is the harddrive faulty??? i only got it a couple of days ago??? ihaven't been able to save anything on it since connecting it? have just tried saving to computers own hard drive and that is ok

Title: Re: office small business edition 1997
Post by: cruisin702 on January 11, 2010, 03:49:22 AM

Have you tried copying the file from the computer harddrive to the external?

Title: Re: office small business edition 1997
Post by: gasew on January 11, 2010, 03:56:14 AM

yes just tried that and it says i don't have permission to save it :'(

Title: Re: office small business edition 1997
Post by: cruisin702 on January 11, 2010, 04:01:36 AM

Is it just office docs or can you not save any kind of files to the external?

Title: Re: office small business edition 1997
Post by: gasew on January 11, 2010, 04:06:08 AM

just tried to save web page and got the same thing.thanks for taking the time to try and help

Title: Re: office small business edition 1997
Post by: cruisin702 on January 11, 2010, 04:35:42 AM

Sounds like a permissions issue. Try right clicking on the Iomega in My Computer and clicking on properties. I think there should be a Security tab to set read/write access.

Title: Re: office small business edition 1997
Post by: gasew on January 11, 2010, 04:45:25 AM

thank you so much. it is now working. it was not set to take files straight from word. it is fine now i think. will let you know if i get firther problems. you are a life saver!! thanks again :)

Title: Re: office small business edition 1997
Post by: soybean on January 11, 2010, 07:56:06 AM

Quote from: gasew on January 11, 2010, 04:45:25 AM

thank you so much. it is now working. it was not set to take files straight from word. it is fine now i think. will let you know if i get firther problems. you are a life saver!! thanks again :)

So, are you saying you can't save a Word file directly to the iomega external hard drive but you can copy the Word to the iomega external hard drive once you've saved it to your internal hard drive?