[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 123912] Legacy form fields in DOCX become uneditable after roundtrip

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=123912

Aron Budea <baron at caesar.elte.hu> changed:

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--- Comment #1 from Aron Budea <baron at caesar.elte.hu> ---
Another commit I noticed is the following, which causes this document to be
opened with a single section, as mentioned before I'm not sure this is
necessary for restricted documents where only filling in forms is enabled.

I would consider the following part of the commit message debatable:
"So, if global enforcement is enabled, map the section protection to LO native
protection. On startup, the sections will all be protected because of the
global compatibility flag. If the flag is turned off, then you enter a similar
mode to Word's "Edit document" where the sections are still protected. In LO,
*each* section's protection must be turned off individually to fully disable
enforcement."

Based on my (not overly extensive) experience, Edit document does not alter
restriction at all, just turns the default read-only mode (for restricted docs)
into edit mode. I actually find the step inconvenient, wouldn't most of the
document be read-only, anyway, due to the protection? It feels unnecessary, and
I'm not sure LO needs it at all, are there compelling arguments for it?

The way Protect form switch used to work is that it turned restrict editing
setting on (to restrict to filling inn forms) and off. It's indeed limited
compared to Word, which gives you more options, including making the document
read-only, with potentially specifying editable regions (which I assume would
turn into protected sections and unprotected areas in LO). I think something
like extending Protect form to a multiple choice setting could better
accomodate what is available in Word (and then have the option to (un)protect
individual or all sections). What is your opinion on this?

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/libreoffice/core/commit/?id=3955e5efc225b184b9507db94c226c031a602168
author          Justin Luth <justin.luth at collabora.com> 2018-10-18 11:44:11
+0300
committer       Justin Luth <justin_luth at sil.org>       2018-10-31 05:00:21
+0100

writerfilter: implement formprot

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