problems saving in openoffice (H.S.)

[thewitness84 at gmail.com]

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?
> 
> Tim
> 
I have had a similar error when the permissions for the directory I was trying to save to were set incorrectly. Do you own the directory? If not, you might want to do a "sudo chmod 766 DIRECTORY_NAME" or "sudo chowner $USER" (where $USER is you)  on it to allow you to write to the directory. I don't know if that is your problem, but it is worth a try.
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