Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 122659
Save read-only not reliable
Last modified: 2014-03-04 11:08:47 UTC
Steps how to reproduce with "AOO 4.0.0-Dev – German UI / locale [AOO400m2(Build:9701) - AOO400m2(Build:9701) - Rev. 1497734 Rev.1496828 2013-06-28]" on WIN7 Home Premium (64bit)", Common 4.0-dev User Profile: 1. From AOO Start Center open new Writer Document 2. type few characters 3. Menu 'File -> Properties -> Security' check "File Sharing Options -> Open file read-only" <ok> 4. Save as "sample.odt" 5. Menu 'File -> Close' 6. Reopen from menu 'File -> Recent documents' Expected: Opens write protected Actual: You can edit the document, not opened read-only The behavior might be more or less intended, because it should be possible to break the write protection "somehow", for example by saving the document under a new name, and during proceeding you saved "Untitled.odt" as "sample.odt" (under new name). But that might be unexpected, may be user simply wanted to correct a typo in the file name or similar when he saved the document. The Document still is write protected after it has been saved, nothing indicates that the document no longer will be "read-only" after save and reopen. So I think there should be a message "Document will loose write protection" or similar when the write protected document will be saved, or the saved document (with new name) should become editable immediately, or something else should indicate that after reopen the document will no longer be write protected.
Confirmed with AOO410m14(Build:9760) - Rev. 1572807 Rev.1572807 Win 7