diff --git a/AVRsack/ASApplication.swift b/AVRsack/ASApplication.swift
index dd51965..96b3814 100644
--- a/AVRsack/ASApplication.swift
+++ b/AVRsack/ASApplication.swift
@@ -108,9 +108,15 @@ class ASApplication: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate, NSMenuDelegate {
         ASSerialWin.showWindowWithPort(port.title)
     }
 
-    func openTemplate(template: NSURL) {
+    func openTemplate(template: NSURL, fromReadOnly: Bool) {
+        let editable : String
+        if fromReadOnly {
+            editable = "editable "
+        } else {
+            editable = ""
+        }
         ASApplication.newProjectLocation(nil,
-            message: "Save editable copy of project \(template.lastPathComponent)")
+            message: "Save \(editable)copy of project \(template.lastPathComponent!)")
         { (saveTo) -> Void in
             let oldName     = template.lastPathComponent!
             let newName     = saveTo.lastPathComponent!
@@ -151,7 +157,7 @@ class ASApplication: NSObject, NSApplicationDelegate, NSMenuDelegate {
     
     @IBAction func openExample(item: NSMenuItem) {
         let url = NSURL(fileURLWithPath: examples[item.tag])
-        openTemplate(url.URLByDeletingLastPathComponent!)
+        openTemplate(url.URLByDeletingLastPathComponent!, fromReadOnly:true)
     }
 
     @IBAction func createSketch(_: AnyObject) {
diff --git a/AVRsack/ASProjDoc.swift b/AVRsack/ASProjDoc.swift
index 9389409..691fcea 100644
--- a/AVRsack/ASProjDoc.swift
+++ b/AVRsack/ASProjDoc.swift
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ class ASProjDoc: NSDocument, NSOutlineViewDelegate, NSMenuDelegate, NSOpenSavePa
 
     override func duplicateDocument(sender: AnyObject?) {
         let app = NSApplication.sharedApplication().delegate as! ASApplication
-        app.openTemplate(fileURL!.URLByDeletingLastPathComponent!)
+        app.openTemplate(fileURL!.URLByDeletingLastPathComponent!, fromReadOnly:false)
     }
 
     func updateLog(_: AnyObject?) {