Re: [libreoffice-users] Collabora experience?

Hi,

Did you try to open the file from Collabora Office ?

Best regards.
JBF


Le 12/03/2021 à 11:32, Thomas Blasejewicz a écrit :
> Good evening from Japan
> The following is probably really stupid. Please bear with me for a moment.
>
> About 3 weeks ago I got a smartphone - first time ever. I did use an older mobile phone 
> before, but deliberately refused to learn how to operate that thing.
> (I hate these mobile phones)
>
> Well, I also use something like Dropbox, but supposedly more secure = pCloud (based in 
> Switzerland)
> (if someone should sign up there and tell those guys, I referred you (no idea how that 
> works), maybe I get a GB extra space ... but I am not trying to do any sort of business here)
> Most of the files in there are created with LibreOffice, plus some text files and PDFs.
> This pCloud is available for Android, so I installed it. So far, so good.
> LibreOffice, however, is NOT directly available for Android. Therefore I was referred to 
> "Collabora". Installed that too.
>
> Problem:
> When I try to open ANY file (except PDF), I get messages telling me, the file (ALL files) 
> are "read-only" and saving is diabled.
> If I want to access any file, I have to
> * make the file available offline
> * choose to edit it
> * choose a software to do so (here Collabora), EVERY time
> -> if successful, I am again asked, whether I want to open a read-only file, or edit a copy.
> * if I edit a copy, that will then be stored somewhere in the phone and NOT in one of the 
> folders on pCloud.
> That renders the whole idea of having files "in the cloud" useless, doen't it?
>
> The pCloud support send me (partially) the following:
> "You can open the pCloud files with all kinds of 3rd party apps but unfortunately, you can 
> not save the changes in pCloud.
> You'll probably need a paid version of LibreOffice in order to save the changes to pCloud 
> so you have to download the edited files locally and upload to pCloud.
> If you wish to edit files directly from pCloud, you can use Google Sheets."
> And Google Sheets etc. is something I do NOT want to use.
>
> BTW, the same thing happens when I use AIRSEND. (have not tried anything else)
>
> Has anybody any experience with using LibreOffice = Collabora with an Android smartphone?
> Is there maybe a trick?
> If not, that is just fine. I consider working with this miniture machine a form of 
> "digital torture" anyway.
>
> Sorry for the trouble
> Thomas


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