> I have a hybrid network with OOo on several workstations and Microsoft > on several. I am migrating to OOo from MS gradually. All of the stored > documents are in MS format and some are password protected. When > opened in MS the user is prompted for a password; however, when > opened in OOo the document opens! What's worse the user is able to > modify the original! > I am using the newest version of OOo. The MS versions are 2k3 Pro and > XP Pro for the most part. Any ideas how to fix the compatibility (and > security) issue? > > Any info greatly appreciated.
So far this is a really strange thread and what must be close to a dozen silly or useless and even a couple of completely off-topic posts tossed in. It reads more like a case of MS bashing, cya and half-truths with a healthy dose of guesses and outright misinformation thrown in for good measure. Any newbie reading this is going to look pretty strangely at the OP and those responses. It' an uncalled for affront to OO.o and all of the hardworking folks who have poured a lot of blood and sweat into these codes to provide a completely acceptable and useful suite of software, not to mention that it's based on a whole new paradigm of design from day one. I don't think more than one or two of the responders actually checked any password protection functions or even had any experience with them at all. Nearly everything said so far is completely uncalled for and smacks of the beginnings of a troll fest, to be honest. In general the amount of misinformation presented here is not only unacceptable, but borders on inane, intentional infliction of damages on both MS and OO.o. For one thing, there is not A password protection opportunity in MS Word; there are MANY password protectionS available to the user in Word, ranging from simple to the very strong, and OO.o will NOT open them without the password to open and/or to edit them as the case may have been set. e.g. you could set a password such that the document could be OPENED, but not EDITED. Or not opened period. Going a step further it could even be limited by account names. The complete lack of any useful information posted here is disgusting irregardless of its intent/purpose. JMO, --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
