Open Office : Locked for Editing

I used open office on my Mac OS X 10.5.8. Normally i have no issue in editing excel file. But today, i try to open the excel file, it prompt out an error “Document file XXXXX is locked for editing By: techkaki (13.08.2009 09:13)”

This excel file only allow read only. How to unlock this file for editing?

This problem can be solve by removing a file named “.~lock…”

Before that, you have to show all the hidden file. How to show hidden file in Mac OS X? Click Here to refer

Once you Mac OS X show all the hidden file, you will realize there is a file named “.~lock…”

Just remove the file named “.~lock…”.

After deleting that file, you should able to open the spreadsheet in edit mode.