On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 10:07 -0500, Robert Volke wrote: > I've been looking over the documentation that is out there and have had > difficulty finding how to password protect my documents using the beta > version of OpenOffice (I have version 109 on an NT box). One of the > solutions I found was being able to check the "Save with Password" box > when attempting the "Save-as" option, but it is grayed out. I have > toyed around with the other security routes but I'm having difficulty, > and can't seem to get it to work the way I want.
First m109 is quite old and that may be part of your problem. Currently beta2 is m125 so you can see your copy is really dated. Please consider replacing your copy of m109 The other thing is what are your settings in Tools > Options > OpenOffice.org > Security and which JRE do you have installed? > > I need to be able to lock files at three different levels: > - protect file from being opened by the wrong person Sign 'em? Digitally signing those docs ought to help and I added a bit to the 2.0 user guide that may be useful with signing. Somewhere around page 390. > - protect files as read-only so that users can open a file if they wish > to view it, but may not edit it Security option. See comment above. > - protect file from being opened then protect it from being edited > (essentially make it so that only some people can open the file as > read-only, and the rest can't open it) Signing should help with this in addition to password protection. > > I need to know how to do each of these seamlessly so that we can > replace Microsoft completely (its protection and all). This is urgent, > so any help that can be given will be greatly appreciated. Unless I > figure this out very soon my company is going to drop the project > entirely, due to the high security risk of using the two softwares > together and OpenOffice being able to crack Microsoft Read-only > passwords. Thank you, > Crackers for MSO are freely available but there are none for OOo. So ... :-) -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
