On Thu, 08 Feb 2018 13:34:48 -0500 Doug <dmcgarrett(a)optonline.net> wrote:
On 02/08/2018 01:06 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> No, I can save it. But the feature does not go away.
>
> Others (presumably on Word) can write to it without a problem.
>
> Ranjan
>
> On Thu, 08 Feb 2018 17:45:10 +0000 "Patrick O'Callaghan"
<pocallaghan(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 2018-02-08 at 11:27 -0600, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have been trying to edit a .docx document in LibreOffice that says that it
is write-protected. Nothing I have tried (eg: enable Form Design on View, or Format ->
Sections "Editable in Read-only document" seems to work. I get a pop-up that
says:
>>>
>>> "Write-protected content cannot be changed. No modifications will be
accepted".
>>>
>>> Are there ways to remedy this?
>> Two questions:
>>
>> - Is the file itself write-protected?
>> - What happens if you use Save As in Libreoffice?
>>
>> poc
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Can you cut and paste the contents into a new document? Then you could
edit the new document, delete the old one, and name the new document
with the old name.
Seems like that ought to work.
--doug
No, this does not have any effect.
However, saving as .doc and then opening that and saving that as .docx works. Not sure
what I am losing in the process, though.
Many thanks,
Ranjan