Fixed initial problem by creating a new folder but still cannot save 
files...now get:

Error saving the document Untitled1:
The operation was started under an invalid parameter

These are normal file permissions on a Linux system, so I am filing  
this issue as "worksforme".  
Users do not normally have permission to save in the Opt directory,  
or below it. You are limited to your Home directory, 
"/home/username". It may be your OOo installation is incomplete -- 
sounds like only the first part of a multi-user setup was done.  
Please refer to the Installation_Guide.pdf that comes with OOo 1.0.1  
for installation help.  Thanks, Liz 

*** Issue 9210 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***

Created opt folder, checked permissions, tried to save in home folder 
as suggested - get invaild parameter message - same as 9210

Not resolved

Please provide the following information: 
1. Linux Distribution/Version. 
2. Logged in username. 
3. Step by step description of how you installed OOo 1.01. 
4. Exact steps to recreate the issue. 
Thanks, Liz 

1. Suse Linux 8.1
2. Any username other than root (have tried: "ians", "toms" 
and "guest")
3. Clicked the OpenOffice.org icon on the KDE desktop, followed the 
instructions from there.  The only options that were available were 
user fields (name, address etc.) and enabling java support.
4. Start a new office document (text, spreadsheet, presentation or 
drawing). Make some changes.  Click the save icon or choose save from 
the file menu.  In the save dialog navigate to /home/ians (or 
elsewhere), type in a file name (e.g. "blah").  Click "Save"...the 
error dialog appears, the application crashes and the document cannot 
be recovered.

Hi Ian, I am unable to recreate this issue on two different systems, 
both running SuSE8.1 with their rpm version of OpenOffice.  What 
version of OpenOffice is installed on your system?  Please post the 
output of this command (as root, without the quotes) - 
"rpm -qa | grep OpenOffice".  Thanks, Liz. 

Found in SuSE database the same issue with StarOffice, and recreated    
the bad installation. The problem occurs in selecting "Local    
Installation" during setup 
You must delete your incorrect installation and start again, using 
"Workstation Installation" as the Installation Type. This fix from 
the SuSE database works: 
 
substituting OpenOffice.org1.0.1 for StarOffice6.0)   
Log in as your user (not root) and start your desktop.   
Press the key combination ALT+F2 in KDE.   
Enter "xterm" in the input field.   
Click "Run".   
   
Now execute the following commands:   
  
rm -rf OpenOffice.org1.0.1    
rm .sversionrc   
  
Initialize the installation by clicking the OpenOffice.org icon on  
the desktop. Do not change the presettings for the installation path  
and installation type. Use the standard workstation installation    
instead.    
     
Reference:    
http://sdb.suse.de/en/sdb/html/mmichna_save_soffice80.html 

That worked, thank you.

This also resolved issue 9218.

It seemed sensible to me to choose "local Installation" on set 
up...why shouldn't or wouldn't I?

When starting the installation with the option /net a source
installation is done. Admin rights are required for this. This
installation cannot be used for working. The user has to go to the
installed folder where the network installation was placed, start
setup and install an own version of Office on his user account. In
this setup you have the selection between workstation installation
(thin client) and local installation (complete, needs lot of
diskspace). Hope this helps.
Issue set to works for me.

Issue closed.