Issue 122094 - Protected MS WORD documents opened in OPEN OFFICE lose the protection
Summary: Protected MS WORD documents opened in OPEN OFFICE lose the protection
Status: CONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: Writer
Classification: Application
Component: save-export (show other issues)
Version: 3.4.1
Hardware: All All
: P3 Normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: AOO issues mailing list
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Keywords: needhelp
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Reported: 2013-04-19 00:09 UTC by Bomin
Modified: 2017-05-20 11:55 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
Latest Confirmation in: 4.1.0-dev
Developer Difficulty: ---

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test protected document (21.50 KB, application/msword)
2013-04-19 16:02 UTC, Rachel Resnick 		no flags Details
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Description Bomin 2013-04-19 00:09:08 UTC 
if you save a protected document to your computer and open it using Open Office (standard Oracle software license), the protection is no longer in place, leaving a fully editable document.

Additionally, once the document has been opened in Open Office, if you save it as a .doc, it becomes a fully editable Microsoft Word document.

Is this a known issue? This is causing document control issues. Please look into this issue. 

Thanks
Bomin
Comment 1 Bomin 2013-04-19 00:09:58 UTC 
Note, we are currently ussing Oracle Open Office 3.3.0
Comment 2 Edwin Sharp 2013-04-19 10:24:00 UTC 
Word 2010: created doc file and applied protection via Review - Protect - Restrict Editing - 2. Editing restrictions - Allow only this type of editing in the document: No changes (Read only)

Writer Rev. 1467605: file opens as read only.
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Comment 3 Rachel Resnick 2013-04-19 16:02:35 UTC 
Created attachment 80551 [details]
test protected document

Hi,
I've attached a word doc with "filling in forms" protection. I then opened this file in Open Office and saved it as an .odt file. I could then edit the document without restriction. This edited document can be saved as a word doc again and the word doc is also free from protection against editing.

FYI, the password for the doc attached is "test".
Comment 4 Edwin Sharp 2013-04-20 18:03:05 UTC 
Thank you.

Confirmed on Rev. 1467541 Debian.
Save As odt loses protection.
Comment 5 Bomin 2013-08-07 17:07:08 UTC 
Can we get an update please?
Comment 6 Edwin Sharp 2013-08-07 17:37:34 UTC 
Confirmed per comment 4.
Sorry for not confirming on time.
Comment 7 Edwin Sharp 2013-08-07 17:40:21 UTC 
Also confirmed in Rev. 1503704 Debian.
Comment 8 Bomin 2013-08-07 17:41:51 UTC 
Thanks Edwin, looks like comment 4 confirms that this issue is a bug. Can we fix it? Would like to understand what is the next step. Thanks!
Comment 9 Edwin Sharp 2013-08-07 17:59:31 UTC 
Assigned target milestone 4.0.1.
Hopefully this bug will be addressed in the near release.
Comment 10 Bomin 2013-08-07 18:09:37 UTC 
Edwin, thank you so much for your prompt responses. One more thing - if you could provide an ETA of the next release would be greatly helpful. Need not be an exact one but something that is a rough estmate would help too. I would like to make sure the version update is reflected in our MyDesktop so we can have open office on our users laptops are updated as soon as the new version is out. Thanks again. Regards, Bomin
Comment 11 Edwin Sharp 2013-08-07 18:27:01 UTC 
Sorry but I don't know.
Comment 12 Edwin Sharp 2013-09-27 14:23:19 UTC 
(In reply to Edwin Sharp from comment #9)
> Assigned target milestone 4.0.1.
> Hopefully this bug will be addressed in the near release.

I was wrong...
Sorry.
Comment 13 Bomin 2014-01-31 00:37:42 UTC 
Edwin, 
Does this mean this won't be resolved as part of 4.0.1.? If so, can you provide a revised ETR? We did some testing on  4.0.1 and it does not appear that this issue is resolved.
Bomin
Comment 14 Edwin Sharp 2014-01-31 08:16:52 UTC 
Issue persists with
AOO410m1(Build:9750)  -  Rev. 1562493
Rev.1562493
Win 7

I'm just a simple user checking bugs, not fixing them myself. 
ETR unknown, sorry.