Thanks for your report. I just attempted e-mailing myself a document and I was able to edit it, then I realized it wasn't read-only but located in tmp. So I created a new file and performed a chmod 444 to make it read only to everyone and opened that file. I can confirm you can't write in it, but at the same time as soon as you go and "save as" to something else, the file then becomes editable. I would imagine this is how it is meant to be.
If you could reply with the version of Ubuntu/OpenOffice you are using and if this performs differently then the above, I would appreciate it. ** Changed in: openoffice.org (Ubuntu) Status: Unconfirmed => Needs Info -- Feature Request: Read-only document should be editable https://launchpad.net/bugs/97292 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs