[Bug 159748] UI: Cell protection dialog reference menu that don't exist

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=159748

--- Comment #17 from ady <adylo811517 at gmail.com> ---
(In reply to Tomaz Vajngerl from comment #16)
> Instead of pointing to where the functionality can be enabled/disabled, why
> not point to the help pages for "Protect sheet" functionality instead. If
> the user is not familiar with that functionality, they will want to know
> more details anyway and in the help it is described how and where to
> enable/disable it for various UI variants.

The hint text is adequate as-is; any user that wants to use the (online or
installed) help content can do it without changing the hint text, and with no
need for any hint text at all.

If the fact that, by user's choice, the menu bar is hidden and all the help
tips/hints would need to be modified for that, then _every_single_hint_text
would be useless, because _all_ the menu items are not shown according to
user's choice – not just one specific menu item that is being the target in
this ticket. To be clear, I do not agree with such deletion or changes in such
direction.

Since the menu bar could be hidden with any UI variant (not just with the
Tabbed UI), then all hints would need to be deleted, under such reasoning.

Moreover, most UI variants have shortcomings, and the Tabbed UI in particular
lacks a lot of functions and its customization is very limited. Therefore, the
menu bar is frequently required.

If there is one more-or-less stable part of the UI in Calc is the items in the
menu bar, also in relation to other/similar spreadsheet tools.

If you are going to just write "use the help content", then what exactly would
be the real utility of the hint text? No, absolutely disagree. Leave the help
hints as-is, and let users read the (online) help content whenever they want to
search for more info; help buttons and F1 are frequently available for that.

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