Opening and saving documents on our public computers

Opening Documents

When opening a document all of the Office 2007 applications will first look for a USB drive. If Office can not find a USB drive then it will try to open the My Documents folder on the hard drive. Since access to the hard drive is disabled the following message will appear.

"This operation has been canceled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator."

To clear the message and open a document, first click on OK. This will take you to an “Open” dialog window with just a “My Computer” icon showing. Insert a USB drive in one of the USB ports. After the drive is detected, double click on the “My Computer” icon. Then click on the (E:) drive icon. From here you can browse the USB drive for the document you wish to open.

Saving Documents

In Office 2007, when saving a document you must select a valid path to save to. If a USB drive is plugged in then Office will set the default save path to the USB drive. If you try to save a document without a USB drive you will get the following error message.

"This operation has been canceled due to restrictions in effect on this computer. Please contact your system administrator."

To clear the error message and save the document, first click on OK. This will take you back to the “Save As” window. Insert a USB drive in one of the USB ports. Wait until the USB drive is detected. Then double click on the “My Computer” icon located on the “Save As” window. Then double click on the (E:) icon. From here you can browse through the USB drive to find a location to save the document.