Re: [libreoffice-users] Unable to Protect/Unprotect cells in Libreoffice 5

On 27/08/15 14:01, Tanstaafl wrote:
> On 8/27/2015 8:51 AM, Mike Scott <v.lo@scottsonline.org.uk> wrote:
> > On 27/08/15 13:30, Tanstaafl wrote:
> > > I just discovered - after updating a lot of our users - that apparently
> > > this is broken in the first 5.x release. There simply is no 'Cell'
> > > context menu option, and nothing in any of the Menus to allow me to
> > > unprotect the cell...
> > >
> > > Can anyone else confirm this?
>
> > Yes. (5.0.0.5/mint)
> >
> > There's a main menu option Table|Protect Cells, but apparently no inverse.
> >
> > However, it seems you can R-click on the table in the navigator and
> > unprotect the entire table. Clumsy.
>
> Clumsy is an understatement - and on top of that it doesn't even work.
>
> Unprotect is not an option, only Protect, so I tried Protecting the
> entire Table, then Unprotecting it, but the individual protected cell(s)
> remain protected...
But I think you may have misread my note.

If you R-click the table *in the navigator* (use F5) there's a 
Table|Unprotect option. It only appears though if the table does have a 
protected cell. At least here.... and I have just checked it.

So to recap:
pick a cell and use main menu Table | Protect Cells
then to do a gross undo,
F5 to show the Navigator if necessary, R-click on the table's name and 
select Table | Unprotect.

As I said, clumsy.



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Mike Scott (unet2 <at> [deletethis] scottsonline.org.uk)
Harlow Essex England

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