[32] Open Office and Vista UAC
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  1. August 19th, 2008, 09:14 PM #1
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    [32] Open Office and Vista UAC

    After turning on UAC, all my Open Office documents became "Read Only". I could not change any part of it, after doing a "Save as" and opening the document it instantly became " Read Only" again.
    Is this is a Vista bug. or there is a setting somewhere to change this?
    I searched Google, Open Office help, nothing at all.
    Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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  2. August 19th, 2008, 10:31 PM #2
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    This is interesting issue. I'm curious myself, if anyone has any hints...
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  3. August 19th, 2008, 10:32 PM #3
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    Right click the document and select properties.

    Take the check out and apply then OK out.
    See if that works.

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  4. August 20th, 2008, 02:22 AM #4
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    Train, the document is not marked as "Read Only" and it shows as "Read Only" in it's title when opened. In fact when I did change the attribute to read only, the check mark was removed the next time I opened the document but it still was read only, and again showed as read only in the title. (not in the attribute box)
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  6. August 20th, 2008, 12:18 PM #5
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    I would guess its a bug with vista because anything that deals with open source microsoft always makes it hard to work with
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    Try this:

    Go to the Insert-Index and tables and deselect “Protected Against Manual Changes”. Worked for others. Give it a whirl.

    If that does not work for you, the only other recourse would be to copy-paste the doc into a format that MS finds compatible (in other words, you have to play their "MS is King" game....).
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  8. August 20th, 2008, 01:59 PM #7
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    Thanks Bistro, but I can't seem to find the Insert-Index and tables. Please explain.
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    Quote Originally Posted by burgert
    Thanks Bistro, but I can't seem to find the Insert-Index and tables. Please explain.
    Click Insert in the Writer toolbar, and then open Indexes and Tables; then click on Indexes and Tables in the sub-menu. You'll get this pair of windows; uncheck the highlighted box.


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  11. August 20th, 2008, 03:27 PM #9
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    lgbpop, this only works in a single document, not a global setting.
    Thanks for trying to help!
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    Do you save all those documents in one particular folder?
    If so, you may need to take ownership of that folder.
    This is the general way to do so: http://www.mydigitallife.info/2007/0...windows-vista/, but I use registry hack, which adds a command to right click menu: http://www.winmatrix.com/forums/inde...howtopic=13157
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  13. August 20th, 2008, 08:25 PM #11
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    Broni, the same problem exists with all six Open Office functions, it is definitely a Microsoft's and Vista's problem. I will have to disable UAC, it's too much trouble not to.
    Thanks for your response.
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    Personally, I don't use UAC, if this will give you any comfort
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