Re: [libreoffice-users] Parts of document set to read-only by Writer: how to disable (normal methods not working)?

Hello Brian

On 08/25/2014 10:28 PM, Brian Barker wrote:
> One possibility here is that structure of your document is more complex
> than simply cells of table. Have you perhaps got a table - even if only
> of a single cell - inside a cell of another table? If so, you may have
> the relevant cell of the outer, containing table protected with the cell
> of the inner table not protected. As the outer cell is protected, you
> cannot change the properties of the inner table cell, so the Cell >
> submenu there will indeed show a greyed-out <No selection possible>.
>
> The solution is to unprotect the outer table cell. If there is no room
> to get your cursor into the outer table cell without it being also in
> the inner table cell (so you cannot get to the relevant context menu),
> put the cursor at the end of the text in the inner cell and press
> Alt+Enter. You'll then have space to get to the context menu you require.
>
> I trust this helps.

Thanks for the suggestion. Even though the document structure is very 
simple (I don't think there are nested tables), I have tried what you 
advised. However, this does not work because 'Alt+Enter' modifies the 
cell (inserts a newline), something I cannot do for my read-only cell. 
The key combination thus does nothing, whereas it does insert the 
newline when I am in the other part of the document (the one which is 
writable).

Unless you have more suggestions, at this point, I think I will open a 
bug report so that I can attach the document and people can try things out.

Vincent

> Brian Barker

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