Probably the simplest method is to right-click on the document -
prior to opening it -
when a block appears, choose 'properties' -->
click to dis-allow 'read-only' -->
the document should then be able to be edited.
On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 2:52 PM, Alan Stern <[email protected]>wrote:
I'm having trouble with LibreOffice 3.6. A file I was given contains
> regions that are readonly, and I can't figure out how to unprotect them
> in order to edit them.
>
> The usual advice in the archives is to use the Format -> Sections menu
> option. That doesn't work here; the Sections line in the Format menu
> is grayed out. Other advice is to save the file in .odt format and
> then open the result. That doesn't work either.
>
> Attached to this email is a very short document (in .odt format)
> exhibiting the problem. It's just one line of text saying:
>
> Normal (9) Normal again.
>
> The "(9)" region shows up in gray and can't be edited. Can anybody
> help?
>
> Thanks,
> Alan Stern
>
>
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