Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-17 Thread cono
I've mixed up two threads on this subject - [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents? - [users] document protection so I cross-post this - probably final - contribution to this subject. -- Cor Nouws http://www.nouenoff.nl

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-17 Thread cono
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: And do not forget to sign the macro as well. Oh, you're realy into digital signing... I've to make my CAcert ready swiftly :-) -- Cor Nouws http://www.nouenoff.nl - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-17 Thread Doug Thompson
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Sat, 2005-09-17 at 17:06 +0200, cono wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: And do not forget to sign the macro as well. Oh, you're realy into digital signing... I've to make my CAcert ready swiftly :-) Hey, it works. If I can help with your cert let me

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-17 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Sat, 2005-09-17 at 10:30 -0600, Doug Thompson wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Sat, 2005-09-17 at 17:06 +0200, cono wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: And do not forget to sign the macro as well. Oh, you're realy into digital signing... I've to make my CAcert ready

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-16 Thread cono
Niklas Nebel wrote: Robert Volke wrote: The easiest route would be if we could do a combination of the network security and using OpenOffice's security. But this is a problem since some users need to keep Microsoft Office due to software and file (due to extensive macros) dependencies on it,

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-16 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 15:04 +0200, cono wrote: Niklas Nebel wrote: Robert Volke wrote: The easiest route would be if we could do a combination of the network security and using OpenOffice's security. But this is a problem since some users need to keep Microsoft Office due to

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-16 Thread cono
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 15:04 +0200, cono wrote: You're right Niklas, that there is no security from password protected workbooks. Just unzipping the file, is enough to find the contents. It might of course, be a little barrier to prevent people having access right

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-16 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 19:06 +0200, cono wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Fri, 2005-09-16 at 15:04 +0200, cono wrote: You're right Niklas, that there is no security from password protected workbooks. Just unzipping the file, is enough to find the contents. It might of course, be a

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-15 Thread Doug Thompson
ken green wrote: On 2005-09-14 10:07 AM, Robert Volke wrote: I need to be able to lock files at three different levels: - protect file from being opened by the wrong person - protect files as read-only so that users can open a file if they wish to view it, but may not edit it - protect

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-15 Thread Robert Volke
I agree. The network security option is one that we are exploring but there is an issue with using this as the only solution. So far we have secured network folders set up for each department, as well as private network space for each employee. From my understanding, the problem is setting up

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-15 Thread Niklas Nebel
Robert Volke wrote: The easiest route would be if we could do a combination of the network security and using OpenOffice's security. But this is a problem since some users need to keep Microsoft Office due to software and file (due to extensive macros) dependencies on it, and OpenOffice has he

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-15 Thread Rich
G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 11:34 -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 10:07 -0500, Robert Volke wrote: I've been looking over the documentation that is out there and have had difficulty finding how to password protect my documents using the beta

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-15 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 19:00 +0300, Rich wrote: G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 11:34 -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 10:07 -0500, Robert Volke wrote: I've been looking over the documentation that is out there and have had difficulty finding

[users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-14 Thread Robert Volke
I've been looking over the documentation that is out there and have had difficulty finding how to password protect my documents using the beta version of OpenOffice (I have version 109 on an NT box). One of the solutions I found was being able to check the Save with Password box when attempting

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-14 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 10:07 -0500, Robert Volke wrote: I've been looking over the documentation that is out there and have had difficulty finding how to password protect my documents using the beta version of OpenOffice (I have version 109 on an NT box). One of the solutions I found was being

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-14 Thread G. Roderick Singleton
On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 11:34 -0400, G. Roderick Singleton wrote: On Wed, 2005-09-14 at 10:07 -0500, Robert Volke wrote: I've been looking over the documentation that is out there and have had difficulty finding how to password protect my documents using the beta version of OpenOffice (I have

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-14 Thread Niklas Nebel
Robert Volke wrote: I've been looking over the documentation that is out there and have had difficulty finding how to password protect my documents using the beta version of OpenOffice (I have version 109 on an NT box). One of the solutions I found was being able to check the Save with Password

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-14 Thread cono
Niklas Nebel wrote: [...] - protect files as read-only so that users can open a file if they wish to view it, but may not edit it Use sheet/document protection in spreadsheets, or protected sections in a text document. But don't expect any miracles: These are basically hints to the

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-14 Thread Robert Volke
Thank again for the help Gerry, Right after I sent the email I found instructions for protecting my documents and resolved most of my issues. In my research I determined that I was not thinking, and was trying to use OpenOffice to protect a document that I was saving as .xls. That is why the

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-14 Thread cono
Hi Robert, Robert Volke wrote: [...] The only thing I have been able to figure out is how to set it so the document opens as read-only, but then all the user needs to do is click on the edit button and they can do so without a password. If anyone has any suggestions on how to get this to work

Re: [users] How do I password protect my OpenOffice documents?

2005-09-14 Thread ken green
On 2005-09-14 10:07 AM, Robert Volke wrote: I need to be able to lock files at three different levels: - protect file from being opened by the wrong person - protect files as read-only so that users can open a file if they wish to view it, but may not edit it - protect file from being opened