On Fri October 6 2006 20:28, + Peter Laycock wrote: > [ MODERATED ] ******************** > Using the Portable OpenOffice 2.0.2 spreadsheet to open Excel spreadsheets > enables all protection to be removed without a password. The converse also > applies. > > This fault occurs when using both Windows 98 & XP. Can this problem be > overcome?
As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Sun October 8 2006 23:09, Paul wrote: > > The encryption algorithm used by OOo, native and by default, is 100's > of times stronger than the one used, by default, for MS Office. > > The implementation of the algorithm in OOo is also better than MS > office - you'll not see something like this with OOo : > http://www.virusthreatcenter.com/article.aspx?part=rss&articleId=381&tag=fe >ed&subj=VTC > > OOo forces the user to enter a password of greater than 5 characters > in length, where as MS Office a single character will suffice. Whilst > longer passwords are not necessarily harder to defeat, IMHO it does > get the user to think about it a little more. > > On a slightly different note - I also believe the user experience is > better in OOo when trying to protect entire documents. The ability to > add a password when it comes time to save (with OOo) is much more user > friendly that having to look for Tools > options > "save" tab, then > enter each password twice in different popups (as with MS Office) ... > but that one may just be me... > > I've not looked into this one in alot of depth, but I also believe > that the OOo and the ODF file format means means that issues like this > do not happen with OOo (again, I've not checked this out personally): > http://www.computerbytesman.com/privacy/blair.htm > > Now I'm sure that someone will be able to dispute that this makes OOo > better, but for me it does. I'm also sure there are things that I've > left out - if so someone will be able to fill them in... > Please reply to [email protected] only. -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
