Re: [libreoffice-users] How to unprotect readonly parts of a document?

On 2013-05-17 16:08, Alan Stern wrote:
> On Fri, 17 May 2013, Girvin R. Herr wrote:
>
> > Alan Stern wrote:
> > <snip>
> > > Here's another odd thing I encountered.  Moving the cursor one
> > > character at a time (using the right-arrow key), I find what appears to
> > > be two hidden characters: one at the beginning of the readonly field
> > > and one at its end.
> > >
> > > That is, start with the cursor just to the left of the blank space
> > > before the "(9)" field.  Pressing right-arrow advances the cursor to
> > > the right of the space, leaving it on the left-hand edge of the '('.
> > > Pressing right-arrow again doesn't move the cursor at all.  Pressing it
> > > once more advances the cursor between the '(' and '9'.
> > >
> > > Alan Stern
> > >    
> > Alan,
> > Did you try viewing hidden objects?
> > Check the following:
> > View -> Field Names
> > View -> Nonprinting Characters
> > View -> Hidden Paragraphs
> I have tried these.  They make no difference.
>
> > Maybe one of those will make your "hidden characters" visible and give
> > you a clue as to what it is doing.
> Nope.
>
> > Another more painful option could be to unzip the file and look at the
> > text to see what is there at these "hidden" characters, optionally
> > editing it out manually.
> Interesting; I didn't know one could do that.  The content.xml file
> shows the following (the "..." part is where I erased a lot of
> irrelevant material; I also wrapped a couple of long lines):
>
> Normal</text:span>
> <text:span text:style-name="T3"> </text:span>
> <field:fieldmark-start text:name="__Fieldmark__24_1596095481"
>   field:type="vnd.oasis.opendocument.field.UNHANDLED">
> <field:param field:name="vnd.oasis.opendocument.field.code"
>   field:value=" ADDIN EN.CITE &lt;EndNote&gt; ... "/>
> <field:param field:name="vnd.oasis.opendocument.field.id" field:value="81"/>
> </field:fieldmark-start>
> <text:span text:style-name="T5">(9)</text:span>
> <field:fieldmark-end/>
> <text:span text:style-name="T1"> </text:span>
> <text:span text:style-name="T2">Normal again.
>
> I don't know enough to interpret all that, but clearly there is a field
> of a sort that LibreOffice isn't ready to handle.
>
> Is there some way to get this information from within LibreOffice
> itself?  I would that the field name and/or value should be accessible.
>
> > Third, maybe another ODF processor, such as KDE's editor, Kword, may not
> > support this readonly attribute and allow you to edit it normally.
> Maybe.  I don't see where in there the field is marked as readonly.
>
> Alan Stern
Alan:

In looking at the content.xml file myself, I tend to think that the 
field in question is created by the  End Note extension, and unless the 
End Note extension is installed, LO does not recognize the field in 
question.  This makes it un-editable.

TomW



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