Public folders strange rights issue or ???

[DE]

I have been given rights to publish documents in a certain public
folder. I create an Excel document & attach it to a post. What I would
like to do is be able to update said document & re-save it with that post.

When I open the document (double-click on the attachment while reading
the message) I am asked if I want to open or save it. I choose Open, it
opens properly in Excel. I make a change and try to save it: I get a
message that the file is read-only and I'd have to rename it. So IOW
I'd have to rename it and re-post it with those changes.

When the folder owner opens the same document by the same process, and
then goes to save it, it saves properly and updated on the original post
(that I made). We are using identical procedures.

Have tried this with OL2003 and 2007, with Excel 2003 and 2007, and the
results are the same every time: it won't let me re-save the document,
but it lets the folder owner do so.

So, OK, the folder owner tried giving me "owner" permissions; I can
even see & set the permissions on the folder.
No change -- it still won't let me re-save the document, same message
(document is read-only etc.) but still lets her edit & save it.

What's the cause, or the fix?

This is with an Exchange server, I'm told it's Exchange 2003 (?) but
since the original folder owner can do it, it has to be possible to
change something so I can!

Thanks.

 

[Nikki Peterson]

You need to not open the document in the VIEW window.
Open the whole docuement, then (if it's an attachment) open
the Attachment.

Any attachment that is opened in the view window without
opening the email or original is always VIEW only.

Nikki

I have been given rights to publish documents in a certain public
folder. I create an Excel document & attach it to a post. What I would
like to do is be able to update said document & re-save it with that post.

When I open the document (double-click on the attachment while reading
the message) I am asked if I want to open or save it. I choose Open, it
opens properly in Excel. I make a change and try to save it: I get a
message that the file is read-only and I'd have to rename it. So IOW
I'd have to rename it and re-post it with those changes.

When the folder owner opens the same document by the same process, and
then goes to save it, it saves properly and updated on the original post
(that I made). We are using identical procedures.

Have tried this with OL2003 and 2007, with Excel 2003 and 2007, and the
results are the same every time: it won't let me re-save the document,
but it lets the folder owner do so.

So, OK, the folder owner tried giving me "owner" permissions; I can
even see & set the permissions on the folder.
No change -- it still won't let me re-save the document, same message
(document is read-only etc.) but still lets her edit & save it.

What's the cause, or the fix?

This is with an Exchange server, I'm told it's Exchange 2003 (?) but
since the original folder owner can do it, it has to be possible to
change something so I can!

Thanks.

 

[DE]

You need to not open the document in the VIEW window.
Open the whole docuement, then (if it's an attachment) open
the Attachment.

Any attachment that is opened in the view window without
opening the email or original is always VIEW only.

Thanks, that was exactly the issue: I was opening the attachment from
the preview, and the owner of the folder was opening the message first
(in a separate window) and then the attachment from there.