Open Office 1.1 upgrade; can't save documents!

[Guy Davis]

Thanks to those who responded.  However, before posting my initial 
report, I had already read through the install directions and I also 
verified that the permissions were set correctly.  The issue seems to be 
symbolic links.

To replicate:
1) From Nautilus, create a link for a OO document in any folder within 
your home directory.
2) Drag and drop this link to the Gnome desktop.
3) Start up OO by clicking on the desktop link for the document.
4) Edit the document and save.  It won't let you saying it "can't save a 
backup copy".

Doing the same thing by starting OO from the original document (via 
Nautilus) works fine and allows for saving.

Current workaround: don't use symbolic links to when working with OO.	

Looking at Issuezilla this was reported back in Oct, 2003 as issue 
21034. (http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=21034)


Guy Davis wrote:
> I just upgraded my YDL 3.0 system with OO 1.1.  It's great to have copy 
> and paste back.  Unfortunately, for a few of my existing spread-sheets I 
> can't save anymore!
> 
> Upon a save, it seems to work with the progress bar on the bottom 
> completing.  Then I get a dialog saying "Couldn't create a backup copy". 
>        If I quit the program by discarding, then nothing has been saved.
> 
> This doesn't seem to happen for new documents, just existing 
> spreadsheets I created with OO 1.0.  Please help.  The new version looks 
> great, but if it can't save then I can't use it.
> 
> Guy
> 
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