On 10 Nov 2007 at 10:52, Richard Travers wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Alan Boba <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Nov 9, 2007 12:00 PM, mike scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 9 Nov 2007 at 16:31, Richard Travers wrote: ... > > > > The point is that OOo appears to allow you to set a document to be > > > > saved as Read Only (Tools>Options>OOo>Security>File Sharing > > > > Options...Open this document in read-only mode) but that it does not > > > > appear to work. > > > > > > > > What are I and the OP missing, or is this a bug? > > > >On Nov 9, 2007 12:00 PM, mike scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Can't answer for 2.1; under 2.3 it seems to behave as expected. Start a > > > new document, set the readonly option, save, close; reopen -- can't > > > edit it. Although it's not flagged by the OS as ro. It seems you then > > > have to save as a new document to get write access back. > > > > > Actually, for OOo 2.3 under Windows XP Pro, right click on the document. > > The context menu will include an "Edit" item. Click "Edit" and you're > > back to normal document with live cursor. At least that's what happens on > > my system. > > Sorry to go on about this, but the problem that I and the OP had (she on > OOo 2.1 and I on OOo 2.3) was that going through the procedure Tools> > Options> Security etc to set 'Read Only' mode did _not_ apparently work > (contrary to Mike Scott's experience). > > The answer appears to be that it works if you save in .odt format, but not > if you save as a .doc. > > It would be nice to inform the OP of this, but unfortunately I have now > lost her original posting. Anyone else still have it?
I think [EMAIL PROTECTED] was the OP (looking on gmane). She wrote: "I am trying to protect a document as Read Only. I go to Tools, Options Security and check the box as Read Only. Then I save it and go back out. When I go back in to the document it is not opening as Read Only and the box is no longer checked. Please help me with this." ....which doesn't mention saving as .doc (unless that appears elsewhere in the thread). I'd not expect such a facility to work with 'foreign' file formats anyway. Maybe there's a bug with 2.1 - upgrading looks a good idea (unless she'd then hit the new fontworks problem). I'm copying the OP with this. (Who should take advice that subscribing to a list such as this is advisable in order to be sure of receiving any replies.) (Replies to list only please) -- various incoming sites blocked because of spam; see http://www.scottsonline.org.uk for a list and openpgp crypto key (key fingerprint 2ACC 9F21 5103 F68C 7C32 9EA8 C949 81E1 31C9 1364) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mike Scott, Harlow, Essex, England --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
