[kde-linux] Problem in OpenOffice Calc with Excel document

[Barry Premeaux]

Thomas Taylor wrote:
> I finally decided to bite the bullet and move all my windows documents to 
> linux (openSUSE 11.2, KDE 4.3.1, OO 3.1.1).  
>
> The Word documents can be read and modified properly but Excel spreadsheets 
> are loading as read-only and can't be modified.
>
> I've gone through the settings but can't find anything that would apply.  Any 
> suggestions?
>   

Sometimes you end up in a read only status after copying files over.  
Personally, I would open a terminal and su to root.  Then do a 'chmod 
764 filename.xls' to change the permissions. 

You can read up on permissions at 
http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/linux/usersguide/linux_ugfilesp.html

Hope that helps.

Barry