https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160466
--- Comment #5 from [email protected] --- Hello, everyone. I'll try to clarify how this spreadsheet is used and the issue I ran into here. :) My colleague's file itself is not read-only because he works out of this document all day. I use a shortcut that opens it as read-only. This can be accomplished (in Windows) by using a shortcut where the Target field is "C:\[Libre Calc path]\scalc.exe" /r "X:\[Document path]\document.xlsx" . There are two reasons I open it read-only. The first is, obviously, I don't want to accidentally save whatever changes I make. The second reason is if a document is being opened as read-only, Calc (or any program) should not be locking the file to prevent other users from opening it. The problem I ran into that isn't allowing me to use Calc: When Calc opens a file in read-only mode, it does not allow entry in any of the cells. I know it's a read-only file so I understand the idea here but this seems unnecessarily strict since the changes couldn't be saved anyway. It prevents my use of the calculators in this file. The menu Edit -> Cell Edit Mode [F2] looked promising since it places a blinking text cursor in the cell but still doesn't allow text entry. I'll be happy to try any menu options that I have overlooked, and to give more detail as requested. Thanks! -Oz -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
