Hi, and welcome to the forum.
Danenters wrote:The small blue Word logo still shows next to the "(document name) - OpenOffice Writer" at top of file.
The title bar should have a
Writer icon, not a Word icon. If it's a Word icon you may need to reinstall OpenOffice. See
[Tutorial] Mac FAQ Q03/A03. Or see Q33/A33.
Danenters wrote:When I reopened the same new OO I could not edit it.
Does it say
{document name} (read only) - OpenOffice Writer in the title bar?
• If so (read only), click the Edit File icon in the Standard toolbar (fifth from the left).
• If not, why do you say you "could not edit it"?
Danenters wrote:When I click on a closed file in Recent documents this morning a notice came up Users/(my name)/Desktop/TEL.odt does not exist. I may have deleted history yesterday.
Then use File → Open and navigate to the directory where you saved the document.
Danenters wrote:When I reopen an AOO document converted from Word and cannot edit it anymore.
I cannot reproduce that problem. If I open a document which someone created with Word and use File → Save as to create an ODT file, when I open the ODT file I can edit it. However I do not use MacOS 10.4, OpenOffice 4.1.6, and I don't have any Microsnot products on any of my computers.
You may benefit from scanning through the Mac FAQ to see if any of the situations there are helpful for you.
If this solved your problem please go to your first post use the Edit button and add [Solved] to the start of the title. You can select the green checkmark icon at the same time.
Mr. Programmer
AOO 4.1.5 Build 9789 on MacOS 10.11.6. The locale for any menus or Calc formulas in my posts is English (USA).