Re: editing write-protected document in LibreOffice

2018-02-08 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Thu, 08 Feb 2018 22:30:54 + "Patrick O'Callaghan" wrote: > On Thu, 2018-02-08 at 13:19 -0600, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > > Check the permissions. Depending on who owns the file, you may have to > > > change them from a CLI as root. > > > > But I can remove the

Re: editing write-protected document in LibreOffice

2018-02-08 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2018-02-08 at 13:19 -0600, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > Can you cut and paste the contents into a new document? Then you could > > edit the new document, delete the old one, and name the new document > > with the old name. > > Seems like that ought to work. > > --doug > > No, this does not

Re: editing write-protected document in LibreOffice

2018-02-08 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2018-02-08 at 13:19 -0600, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > Check the permissions. Depending on who owns the file, you may have to > > change them from a CLI as root. > > But I can remove the file, using rm. That's a completely separate thing. To remove a file you only need write permission on

Re: editing write-protected document in LibreOffice

2018-02-08 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Thu, 08 Feb 2018 13:34:48 -0500 Doug wrote: > > On 02/08/2018 01:06 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > No, I can save it. But the feature does not go away. > > > > Others (presumably on Word) can write to it without a problem. > > > > Ranjan > > > > On Thu, 08 Feb 2018

Re: editing write-protected document in LibreOffice

2018-02-08 Thread Ranjan Maitra
On Thu, 8 Feb 2018 10:48:09 -0800 Joe Zeff wrote: > On 02/08/2018 09:27 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > I have been trying to edit a .docx document in LibreOffice that says that > > it is write-protected. Nothing I have tried (eg: enable Form Design on > > View, or Format ->

Re: editing write-protected document in LibreOffice

2018-02-08 Thread Joe Zeff
On 02/08/2018 09:27 AM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: I have been trying to edit a .docx document in LibreOffice that says that it is write-protected. Nothing I have tried (eg: enable Form Design on View, or Format -> Sections "Editable in Read-only document" seems to work. I get a pop-up that says:

Re: editing write-protected document in LibreOffice

2018-02-08 Thread Doug
On 02/08/2018 01:06 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote: No, I can save it. But the feature does not go away. Others (presumably on Word) can write to it without a problem. Ranjan On Thu, 08 Feb 2018 17:45:10 + "Patrick O'Callaghan" wrote: On Thu, 2018-02-08 at 11:27

Re: editing write-protected document in LibreOffice

2018-02-08 Thread Ranjan Maitra
No, I can save it. But the feature does not go away. Others (presumably on Word) can write to it without a problem. Ranjan On Thu, 08 Feb 2018 17:45:10 + "Patrick O'Callaghan" wrote: > On Thu, 2018-02-08 at 11:27 -0600, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I have

Re: editing write-protected document in LibreOffice

2018-02-08 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Thu, 2018-02-08 at 11:27 -0600, Ranjan Maitra wrote: > Hi, > > I have been trying to edit a .docx document in LibreOffice that says that it > is write-protected. Nothing I have tried (eg: enable Form Design on View, or > Format -> Sections "Editable in Read-only document" seems to work. I