Dotan Cohen - [email protected] wrote:
How does one change a Writer instance to read-only mode? This mode is
much better suited to reading documents. I have found that one can set
a flag in File -> Properties -> Security to have to document open in
read only the next time it is opened, but I would like to save a
hassle and change directly to read-only mode.
Thanks.
I have an icon on the toolbar to do just what you want (in OOo 3.2.0 on
Windows Vista) - it's just to the right of the open, save, etc. icons,
looks like a page with a pencil, and the tooltip if you hover the mouse
over it says "Edit File". Click the icon to toggle between edit and
read-only mode. This only affects the current session, so next time you
open the file it will be back to edit mode (unless you also set the
read-only property on the file). If a file has the read-only property
set, clicking this button to switch to edit mode asks if you want to
edit a copy of the file since the original cannot be edited, which is
sometimes handy.
I'm not sure if the icon was there by default, or whether I added it. If
you don't see it, try going to Tools > Customise > Toolbars, select the
toolbar you want to add it to (it's on "Standard" toolbar for me) then
click "Add...". Under the "Documents" category is the "Edit File"
command. Add that to the toolbar and position wherever is convenient.
Hope that helps.
Mark.
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