Hi all, The Institute did not explain further by what they mean in terms of "program range names and secret IDs". I've sent them a letter and I hope to hear back from them by the end of this week. Hopefully I can share the feedback next week with you.
The version of OOo I am using is 2.0.2 and OS is Win XP. One other odd thing I noticed is that when I saved the emailed file to my hard drive, the original filename was ep1307395.xls, but when I clicked Save Link (I use Firefox btw), the Save As dialog box showed up a longer filename! It said something like 1_multipart_fXXD9_ep1037395.xls. I wonder whether the password was displayed to me when I was saving the file (and I didn't even know it) and why the heck did the filename change? Anyways, thank you for all your help and feedback. It's given me a few other angles to argue my case. I'll keep you posted. Mabel On 12/13/06, Terry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Robin Laing wrote: > On Tue, 2006-12-12 at 20:40 +1100, Terry wrote: > >> Below is a request for help from a lady who risks being failed in a >> professional exam because she used Calc to complete an Excel spreadsheet. >> >> It seems that certain safeguards implanted by Excel were lost in the >> process. >> >> Is there any way for her to escape this predicament? She filed this >> request with the Calc list and has also asked on the Calc forum. I have >> asked on the users list whether there is some other avenue she might try. >> >> This seems to be a trap about which potential users need to be warned. >> >> >> Mabel Li wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> <snip> >>> >>> The feedback I received from the Institute is, and I quote is as follows: >>> (EP stands for Extension Project) ... >>> >>> "Your EP received a result of zero. The reason you received no marks >>> is that >>> we were specific in our FAQs for this EP and you have breached these >>> requirements. For example, important fields such as program range >>> names and >>> secret IDs had been removed from your submitted Excel EP file, thus >>> cannot >>> be marked. Also candidates had been clearly advised not to copy any >>> formulae >>> from other worksheets or delete any formulae, field names or >>> columns/rows in >>> your workbooks as this would result in a zero result. I would again >>> refer to >>> you the FAQs for the EP." >>> From reading the other threads regarding security, it appears that >>> whatever >>> >>> security features that are embedded in Excel are removed once you open >>> the >>> file with Calc. Is this correct? If that is the case, how can I prove >>> this? >>> >>> Thank you for assistance, >>> Mabel Li > > I will agree with Paul's comments but I would also tell Mabel to respond > with a copy of OOo and ask them to try the security features of their > Excel spreadsheet in OOo themselves and see the results. > > I would also be inclined to look at the appeals process and learn as > much as possible about the requirements. If there was no mandate to use > MS Office for the course then they shouldn't be able to enforce the > usage of a MS Office product. The software should also have been part > of the course if it was mandatory. > > Depending on the type of "safeguards", they may be known weaknesses in > Excel that can be referenced to in the appeal. Such as the poor > password and protection offered by Excel. Thanks. Those are valid points. I doubt that the OS and software version makes any difference. This is another example of an organisation unwittingly acting as a franchisee of M$. It also, however, raises the need for OpenOffice to issue a caveat against its use for official documents created by other software. -- Xfce on PCLinuxOS, OOo 2.0.2 (en_GB). Direct mail to teaman is not opened; if necessary, email realmail. If you're seeking, check out http://www.rci.org.au --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
