Dick,

If you open the folder, and right-click any of them, you'll see the "Read
only" attribute checked. Uncheck it. I think you can select many, using
Ctrl or Shift, or dragging a box around them, and do that once. Files
copied from a CD are automatically set that way. No one knows why.

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Earl Kiosterud
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"Dick" wrote in message
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An IT expert converted all of my Macintosh Clarisworks files to Excel/Word
and burned them on a CD. I transfered the folders/files to my new IBM PC
hard
drive and then opened them. I made some changes to a file but I am unable
to
save them. I keep getting a "read only" message. I have checked Excel help
and followed the directions, but I get the same "read only" answer. How
can I
open these files, change them, and then save the new files? Thanks.