How does one save a file to a cd without it reverting to "read on.
 

Whenever I save excel files to a cd or scandisk, they become "read only",
thus preventing me from working in them on another computer or on the
cd/scandisk.

Hi Mavs
Have a look at the file in Explorer, right click on it and make sure that
Read only Box is unchecked before you save the file.

HTH
Michael

"mavs" wrote:

Whenever I save excel files to a cd or scandisk, they become "read only",
thus preventing me from working in them on another computer or on the
cd/scandisk.

mavs

First of all.......you should never save to or open from removable media
directly.

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

The read only bit.......

That is the default behaviour when saving/copying to CD.

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

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

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

BTW........what is a "scandisk"?

Gord Dibben Excel MVP


On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:43:05 -0800, "mavs"
wrote:

Whenever I save excel files to a cd or scandisk, they become "read only",
thus preventing me from working in them on another computer or on the
cd/scandisk.