Re: editing write-protected document in LibreOffice

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On Thu, 08 Feb 2018 13:34:48 -0500 Doug <dmcgarrett@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> On 02/08/2018 01:06 PM, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> > No, I can save it. But the feature does not go away.
> >
> > Others (presumably on Word) can write to it without a problem.
> >
> > Ranjan
> >
> > On Thu, 08 Feb 2018 17:45:10 +0000 "Patrick O'Callaghan" <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> On Thu, 2018-02-08 at 11:27 -0600, Ranjan Maitra wrote:
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I have been trying to edit a .docx document in LibreOffice that says that it is write-protected. Nothing I have tried (eg: enable Form Design on View, or Format -> Sections "Editable in Read-only document" seems to work. I get a pop-up that says:
> >>>
> >>> "Write-protected content cannot be changed. No modifications will be accepted".
> >>>
> >>> Are there ways to remedy this?
> >> Two questions:
> >>
> >> - Is the file itself write-protected?
> >> - What happens if you use Save As in Libreoffice?
> >>
> >> poc
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> Can you cut and paste the contents into a new document? Then you could 
> edit the new document, delete the old one, and name the new document 
> with the old name.
> Seems like that ought to work.
> --doug

No, this does not have any effect. 

However, saving as .doc and then opening that and saving that as .docx works. Not sure what I am losing in the process, though.

Many thanks,
Ranjan
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