[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 132133] Can't protect only the format of a sheet

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=132133

--- Comment #2 from Christopher R Lee <crl at chrblee.net> ---
(In reply to m.a.riosv from comment #1)
> There is a way or trick, Menu/Tools/Share Spreadsheet. It protects for
> changes on formatting atributes and some functionalities, there is more
> detail in the option.
> 
> https://help.libreoffice.org/7.0/en-US/text/shared/guide/collab.
> html?System=WIN&DbPAR=CALC&HID=modules/scalc/ui/sharedocumentdlg/dialog-
> action_area1#bm_id8779565
> 
> Can it solve your question?

Not at all.

1) The file will be distributed by various means (mail, usb key, downloading)
which would break shared mode. Using a shared folder on a fileserver or cloud
storage is not an option here, particularly with children.

2) The information supplied in the 7.0 help and in the 'Partager le Document'
(6.3.3.2, French) window is neither complete or precise: colours are mentioned
but not borders or column & row widths.

3) The same question also concerns business users. Based on pre-retirement
experience before 2007 with XL 2003 and earlier, sharing is not appropriate for
many business applications. Spreadsheets need to be password-secured by the
creator / manager so that end users are limited to typing or copy/pasting
alphanumeric data into designated pre-formatted cells. The finished document
must retain all other content and formatting because it constitues a report or
certificate. Note that applications were too numerous, varied and urgent for
conventional software development by an IT service to be envisaged, hence the
widespread use of XL (often with VBA), but not to date of Calc.

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