PLEASE HELP how to make a read only file

da-badboy · General User Joined: 24 Mar 2008 Posts: 5 Location: Utah

I need to know how to make any file that i make or open in openoffice.org calc into a read only file PLEASE HELP!!!
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David · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 3:10 pm Post subject:

Windows? A Windows Right-mouse option [Change Attributes], not an OpenOffice option [or at least you don't need one.]

David.

Corfy · Posted: Mon Mar 24, 2008 6:42 pm Post subject:

You can also make the file into a PDF. That is read-only (for the most part).
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David · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 4:48 am Post subject:

Looking back, the PDF may be what you want/need. A usually Read-only file can be changed back or saved as another file name. It's all relative to needs, and there is no absolute security, just minimal, aside from very strong encryption.

David.

da-badboy · General User Joined: 24 Mar 2008 Posts: 5 Location: Utah

Thank you very much for responding but i actually need a openoffice read only file and not a pdf file we r trying to use openoffice to replace excel
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David · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 10:01 am Post subject: Re: openoffice read only file

da-badboy · General User Joined: 24 Mar 2008 Posts: 5 Location: Utah

my supervisor wants me to see if its possible to have a openoffice document read only with out using a pdf wich other option was it that u mentioned
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Corfy · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:36 pm Post subject:

Another thing you might try is go to Tools->Protect Document->Document. You will then have the ability to set a password which should keep anyone other than the people who know the password from changing anything.
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Villeroy · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:17 pm Post subject:

da-badboy · General User Joined: 24 Mar 2008 Posts: 5 Location: Utah

that would work for some documents but we r trying to use openoffice in place of Excel so there r some company documents in a public folder that needs to be read only files so they veiw them but not change them unless they have the proper authority
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Villeroy · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 1:25 pm Post subject:

David · Posted: Tue Mar 25, 2008 3:28 pm Post subject:

I replied to a PM. The point is that a Read Only is a file attribute, and that can be readily altered. We have been down this road before ...There is only so much protection that you can give a document, and a Read Only attribute is the least protective of all. In fact, all you have to do is to Save As another file name, and that document is then not Read Only, and can be altered.

David.

da-badboy · General User Joined: 24 Mar 2008 Posts: 5 Location: Utah

thank you all for your input i have gone over all the options with my supervisor and found a way for us to save it the way we need to problem solved again THANK YOU ALL
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