Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 21394
Document Protection password operation misleading
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:36:22 UTC
If you enter a password more than 16 characters there is no indication that the field won't take any more letters. I entered a phrase 17 chars long, not realising that the field only took 16. When I went to open the document, I was allowed to type in 17 chars and the password failed. It was only experience that had me try progressively one less char and I got back into the document. whew!!!!! The password actually works, it's just that the operation is not consistent.
Well, there is indication that the field won´t take more than 16 letters. It represents a password by 16 "*" and simply stops after inserting the sixteenth letter. However, it might be worth considering an enhancement for reducing the length of the displayed field to 16 letters only, and for adding a short info text on limited password length to the insert password dialogue. Type changed to enhancement.
Reassigned to BH
OpenOffice.org Issue Tracker - Feedback Request. The Issue you raised has the status 'New' pending further action, but has not been updated within the last 4 years. Please consider re-testing with one of the latest versions of OOo, as the problem(s) may have already been addressed. Either use the recent stable version: http://download.openoffice.org/index.html or consider trying the new OOo 3 BETA (still in testing): http://download.openoffice.org/3.0beta/ Please report back the outcome so this Issue may be Closed or Progressed as necessary - otherwise it may be Resolved as Invalid in the future. You may also wish to search for (and note) any duplicates of this Issue that may have advanced further by checking the Issue Tracker: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/query.cgi Many thanks, Andrew Cleaning-up and Closing old Issues as part of: ~ The Grand Bug Squash, pre v3 ~ http://marketing.openoffice.org/3.0/announcementbeta.html
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