I have files of a couple websites i take care of. some of them are in
pdf format. I copied them to a cd-rw and i can open the pdf file but
there is nothing there. also all the files on the cd-rw are read
only.i try to change them to archive by right clicking and going to
properties to change- it will not allow me -- i get an error msg

Greetings, gkiii!

Probably the best way for you to save these files as archive files is
to convert the .pdf files to a different, editable format.

Unfortunately, .pdf files are a *proprietary* format created by Adobe
specifically for use with documents created by Adobe Acrobat and its
companion products. As a user, the problem for you with .pdf documents
is that Adobe has deliberately made it difficult to edit these files,
unless you purchase Adobe Acrobat.

The easiest way to convert .pdf files to an editable format is to
purchase Adobe's full-featured version of Acrobat (if you don't
already have it). This would cost you $299.00 for the Standard version
and $449.00 for the Professional version.

A more complex solution is to use a free facility to convert all the
.pdf files, one-by-one.

Adobe provides conversion from pdf format to either plain text or
html.
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_onlinetools.html
 
To convert a pdf file by e-mail, either via URL or e-mail attachment
(you can include multiple URLs in one e-mail):
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_email.html 
 
To convert, real-time, a pdf file that has been uploaded to the web:
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_simple_form.html
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_adv_form.html
(allows you to specify page range and other special instructions)
 
Once you have used this tool to create text documents, you can import
them into Word (or some other word processing program), concatenate
them into one document, format it as necessary, and save them on
CD-ROM in .doc, .txt, or other file formats.


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I hope this provides just what you needed! 
 
Regards, 
 
aceresearcher

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Clarification of Answer by aceresearcher-ga on 09 Jul 2003 08:10 PDT

Oops!

The link to purchase Adobe Acrobat is here:
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Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional
Advanced control over document exchange and output. Acrobat 6.0
Professional includes everything in Acrobat 6.0 Standard and much
more.
    CD-ROM for Macintosh Built for OS X  US$449.00
    CD-ROM for Windows                   US$449.00

Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Standard
Streamline business document exchange and review.
    CD-ROM for Macintosh Built for OS X  US$299.00
    CD-ROM for Windows                   US$299.00
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http://www.adobe.com/store/products/master.jhtml?id=catAcrobat

Best Wishes,

ace

Hi!

I want to clear a few misconceptions about CDRW.

1. Unlike CDR you can rewrite CDRW. 
2. Most CDRW have to wipe the entire CDRW clean to rewrite files on
the CD.
3. You can not change files in the CDRW on the fly unless you have a
software like DirectCD from Adaptec which will make the CDRW disc
behave like a hard drive.

A lot a people mistaken CDRW means you can edit files on the CDRW like
a hard drive. You can NOT make changes to files on CDRW unless you
have a software like DirectCD. The way DirectCD works is it appends
the new file at the end of CDRW, and mark the old file location
rewritable.

So if you don't have DirectCD (or similiar software) all files on the
CDRW will be read only (therefor you can't change the properties of
the files). If you want to change a file on the CD you will have to
wipe it clean and rewrite everything.