On Thursday 10 August 2006 07:36 am, Kirill S. Palagin wrote:
> I know it is weak - I opened protected files myself when users lost
> their pwd. But this is how it is - users and management want files
> to be passworded, which requires .ods. Sending .ods requires OO on
> the other end. Forcing business partner into installing some piece
> of software on their computers is very troublesome for me as
> systems administrator (as I do not even know them personally) and
> for boss (because he is technology-impaired).
>
> Installing PGP even more difficult because it requires training at
> both sides.
>
This is what happens when a proprietary format has to be used.
There is no way for other software programs to match all of the
characteristics of the format.
There is no easy answer to this if one even exists. Perhaps a
demonstration of the difference in protection between MS Office and
OOo might convince them of the "need" to install OOo to better
protect their files. i.e., show them how easy a password protected MS
Office file can be opened vs. the almost impossibility to open a
password protected OOo file. Seeing is believing in many cases.
Dan
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dan Lewis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2006 3:11 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Subject: Re: [users] Calc - saving in .xls with password
> > protection?
> >
> > On Thursday 10 August 2006 05:22 am, Eike Rathke wrote:
> > > Hi Kirill,
> > >
> > > On Thu, Aug 10, 2006 at 10:32:43 +0400, Kirill S. Palagin wrote:
> > > > I understand perfectly that currently Calc can not save in
> > > > .xls format with password protection, but still have a
> > > > question - can this be done at all? Or it is fundamentally
> > > > impossible?
> > >
> > > It would be technically possible, but isn't implemented.
> > >
> > > Eike
> >
> > The password protection for Excel is not all that good.
> > I assume you sending the Excel file to someone else. You
> > would be better protecting the spreadsheet if you installed
> > PGP and used that to encrypt your Excel files you send.
> > Either that or have your recipients install OOo and use OOo's
> > spreadsheets.
> >
> > Dan
> >
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