Reasons why a document cannot be changed in IBM Lotus Symphony
When you open a document in Lotus® Symphony™, you cannot change
the content, and some menu items are disabled. This page introduces
five possible reasons for this.
The file that you open is read-only. You can see the words (read-only) on
the title bar of the document.
The containing directory of the file is read-only.
The file is opened or accessed by other applications. Make sure
the document is not currently opened in another application, such
as Symphony in Lotus Notes, OpenOffice.org or Microsoft Office.
Check for hidden .yourfilename files. These are used by OpenOffice.org
or earlier releases of Lotus Symphony to
mark a file in an open state. You can follow the steps below to see
hidden files in your system:
On Windows:
Launch Explorer.
Select Tools > Folder
Options.
Click the View tab, and select Show
hidden files and folders.
Click OK.
On Mac OS X:
Launch the Terminal and enter these commands: defaults
write com.apple.Finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
Now you must relaunch the Finder by killing it, this is how the
changes take effect:
killall Finder
You can also launch the Terminal, switch to your work directory
and run this command to see the hidden files:
ls -ah
On Linux:
You can simply execute ls . to list any
files
Note: These files do not exist and this solution does not apply
if you are using Lotus Symphony 3
beta4 or official release.
Part of the document that you edit is protected. Check with the
following steps:
Click Layout > Sections.
Make sure the Protected check box is not
selected.