[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 65492] Opening Password for DOC / XLS file limited to 15 characters

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=65492

eisa01 <eisa01 at gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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            Version|4.0.3.3 release             |Inherited From OOo
            Summary|Opening Password for DOC    |Opening Password for DOC /
                   |file limited to 15          |XLS file limited to 15
                   |characters                  |characters
           Hardware|Other                       |All
             Blocks|                            |109072
                 OS|Windows (All)               |All

--- Comment #10 from eisa01 <eisa01 at gmail.com> ---
See the spec, section 20 for more info. MSO up to 2003 only supported 15
characters, but 2007 and 2010 supported longer up to 255. Applies to XLS, but
assume it's the same for DOC

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/openspecs/office_file_formats/ms-xls/a3ad4e36-ab66-426c-ba91-b84433312068

LO 3.3 exhibits the same behavior, can only save with 15 characters, so assume
this is inherited


Referenced Bugs:

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109072
[Bug 109072] [META] XLS (binary) format bug tracker
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