[Bug 120745] New: table cell protect effect lost when save to doc.

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https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=120745

          Priority: P3
            Bug ID: 120745
          Assignee: ooo-issues@incubator.apache.org
           Summary: table cell protect effect lost when save to doc.
          Severity: normal
        Issue Type: DEFECT
    Classification: Application
                OS: All
          Reporter: bjdujing@gmail.com
          Hardware: All
            Status: CONFIRMED
           Version: AOO 3.4.0
         Component: save-export
           Product: word processor

build info:Aoo3.4_r1372282

steps:
1.launch oo and new a text document
2.insert a table
3.select the table and go to "table->protect cells"
4.save to doc and reopen to check 

defect:
the protect effect lost,and can input text in table.

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[Bug 120745] table cell protect effect lost when save to doc.

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orcmid <or...@apache.org> changed:

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--- Comment #2 from orcmid <or...@apache.org> ---
(In reply to comment #1)
> Can you please describe how to protect a cell in a writer table using Word.

It can be done, but there are two problems:
 1. The logic is reversed from what happens in OpenOffice.  That is, the
document is protected and then protection is *relaxed* for selected parts of
the document.

 2. The passwords are not interoperable.  OpenOffice (and ODF) use has the UTF8
of an entered password in setting the protection.  OOXML (and DOCX) use UTF16
of an entered password (and I presume the same for .DOC and .XLS).  These are
not compatible.  It is not possible to convert from one to the other.  It would
be necessary to ask for the password again as part of saving in the non-default
format.  (Also, the way OpenOffice implements protection, there can be
different passwords on different protections of the same document.  The
reversed scheme (1, above) has only one password on the protection of a Word
document.

MORE DETAILS: EXPERIMENTAL CONFIRMATION

I tried this using a new document in Microsoft Office Word 2010.  Then I did
the same in Microsoft Office Word 2003.

First I prepared the document with no protections set.

On the Developer tab in Word 2010, in the Protect group, click Restrict
Editing.
In Word 2003, this is on the Tools | Protect Document ... menu dialog.

In the protection dialog, I can restrict formatting to use of certain styles. 
(I didn't do that).

I then listed Editing Restrictions.  The restriction I set was that No Changes
(read only).  (Other options allow Comments only, or impose tracked changes or
allow only filling in forms.)

Next I specified exceptions.  How that is done, you select a portion of the
document (such as a table cell, row or column or other kind of selection) and
then give permission.  I gave permission to everyone to edit one cell of a
table I had created. (It is also possible to limit the permission to specific
users.) - I notice that the places having an exception are shaded in light
gray.

When done, and I say that protection-enforcement should start, I am asked to
enter a password twice.

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--- Comment #3 from orcmid <or...@apache.org> ---
(In reply to comment #2)
[ ... ]
>  2. The passwords are not interoperable.  [ ... ]
>It is not possible to convert from one to the

Of course, this means it is child's play to remove the protections on any
OpenOffice or Microsoft Office document, by saving in the alternative format. 
I point this out as one of the many ways to over-ride protections at 
<https://tools.oasis-open.org/version-control/svn/oic/Advisories/00009-ProtectionKeySafety/trunk/description.html>

There's really not much hope for mutually-assured protection [;<).

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--- Comment #1 from Regina Henschel <rb...@t-online.de> ---
Can you please describe how to protect a cell in a writer table using Word. I
cannot find a way to do it. If it is not possible in Word, then it is no bug in
AOO, when it is lost on export to doc.

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