I cannot change spreadsheet to rewritable

[Guest]

I have a rewritable spread sheet. I copied the spread sheet to a CD. When I
try to make changes it shows read only. I followed the sets to be sure the
file is not ready only..any suggestions?

 

[Dave Peterson]

Use windows explorer to copy the file from the CD to a location on your
harddrive.

Then while still in windows explorer, rightclick on that file (on the harddrive)
and choose Properties.

Remove the readonly checkmark.

 

[Gord Dibben]

First of all.......you should never save to or open from removable media
directly. Just looking for file corruption.

Save to HDD then copy to the CD. Same when opening. Copy to HDD then open.

The read only bit.......

All depends upon how the files get "burned" to the CD.

With regular Windows burning, they will always be read-only.

Copy the file(s) back to HDD then take off the RO attribute.

If you were to use a packet writing application like Nero InCD, files would
not be read only and individual files could be erased or written to on the CD
just like a big floppy disk.

See this google search thread

http://snipurl.com/6llq

Note the link to Alex Nicholl's site.

Also http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/cdr_info.htm


Gord Dibben Excel MVP

 

[Jonah]

Copy the file to your PC's harddrive and work on it as you wish. If you had a
CD/RW (rewritable CD) you may be able to work on it on the CD.

Jonah