problems saving in openoffice

[Tim M]

On Nov 25, 2007 11:33 AM, John Dangler <jdangler at terremark.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, 2007-11-25 at 12:29 -0500, Tim M wrote:
> > I am trying to save a letter that I have started in Openoffice. I can
> > write all I wish to but when I try to save I get this error message:
> >
> > OpenOffice.org 2.3
> > Error saving the document Untitled1:
> > /home/lap1/Documents/jackie7.odt does not exist
> >
> > Of course it doesn't exist I am creating it! I click Ok
> > and another error message pops up saying:
> >
> > Error saving the document Untitled1:
> > General Error.
> > General input/output error.
> >
> > What do these messages mean and how can I save the letter I am
> > writing?
> Are you opening a new document, typing text, then going to File->Save ?
> Or File -> Save As ?
> If Save is giving you the errors, try Save As.
>
> > Tim

Yes, I was using Save As because I was using a previous letter as a
template. Hmm, that is strange. I used Save As and saved it to my
Desktop and it worked! Maybe there is a problem with permissions in
the document directory? How would I check that out?

Tim