I have a read/writeable CD-Rom. Why can't I save a Word document t

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When I try to save to CD-Rom it says I don't hace access, contact
administrator. I am the administrator. What do I do now?
 
Save to the hard drive and copy to the removable media.

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4catsme said:
When I try to save to CD-Rom it says I don't hace access, contact
administrator. I am the administrator. What do I do now?
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The ONLY way you can do that (and even then it's not recommended) is to
format a CDRW disk for packet writing. To do that you will need a
third-party CD burning application such as Nero as the native XP Cd burning
function won't do it.
 
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.
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Ok, I understand the theory. When I open the document in word (which is
where it is now), what format am I saving it as on the hard drive? RTF?
When I tried that it copied onto the CDRW as a word document. Since it is my
resume and references I am usually asked to send as RTF anyway. Where did I
go wrong? Also, will it always be 'read only'
 
You should be fine if you:

(1) Save the word document file as .RTF
(2) Copy the .RTF file to CD-ROM

Yes, files copied to CD-ROM will always have
a read-only designation.

This can be overcome by copying the .RTF
file back to a hard drive and opening MS Explorer.
Find the subject .RTF file, highlight it, right-click
on the file, choose Properties, and uncheck
the file's read-only attribute. Then close the file.

Good luck!
 
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