I have a file set up as labels. The labels are not prefilled as in mail merge. I fill them in as required. It is no longer possible to edit the file as it opens as read-only. I have tried deleting the ~.lock file but it persists. I have copied the file from my Dropbox folder to my hard disk and then tried to delete the lock file but still it persists.
Hi Richard, I'm not sure, if you want to report a bug or if you are searching for help. In the letter case you should use the support at http://ask.libreoffice.org/en/questions/ If you want to report a bug, some informations are needed (steps to reproduce or an example file).
I'm sorry Dieter. I'd thought that the steps were self evident. 1. Open the document to edit 2. Find that it cannot be edited and that the status information at the foot of the screen says 'read-only' 3. Close the file 4. Delete the ~.lock file as suggested in community forums 5. Re-open the file (same result as 2. above) 6. Move the file from Dropbox as suggested in community forumw 7. Repeat steps 1 to 5 above but the with the same 'read-only' result. I think that I have exhausted all the Linux based community responses and therefore have concluded that this is a bug. I hope that helps. Thanks for looking at this.
Would it be possible you attach the file or does it contain private/confidential part? Indeed, without the file to test, we can't give it a try. BTW, 5.1.6 is quite an old version, could you give a try to last stable LO release 6.0.5?
Created attachment 143209 [details] Writer doc created using label format.
Ah. My comments were deleted. Didn't realise that they had to be entered with the file upload. I am using the older version of LO as that is the current version available through Mint 18.3 This file has opened OK in the past so I don't think that it's a problem of an older LO version. This version was created using the new labels option. All other LO documents (of all types open OK in editable mode whether shared with MS users or Mac users, and whether in native format or not. Thanks for looking into this.
On pc Debian x86-64 with master sources updated today, I could reproduce the problem. I got a message indicating "Write-protected content cannot be changed"
I found how to put unlock this. - select a frame (you'll see blue points around the rectangle corresponding to a label) - right click "Properties" - Select "Options" tab - in "Protect" part at left, uncheck "Contents" checkbox - click Ok It'll apply automatically at all the labels.
Thank you Julian. I had tried that but on the inner frame in the top left label. No options were available to change. I've realised that this was because the outer frame was protected. Thanks for your perseverance.
Thank you for your feedback Richard. Let's put this one to WFM since there was no need for a fix.