Bug 153309 - Prevent direct formatting on writer by a password.
Summary: Prevent direct formatting on writer by a password.
Status: RESOLVED INSUFFICIENTDATA
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
7.4.4.2 release
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Keywords: needsUXEval
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Blocks: Formatting
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Reported: 2023-02-01 15:39 UTC by Vito Caleandro
Modified: 2023-05-10 11:07 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Description Vito Caleandro 2023-02-01 15:39:03 UTC
Description:
During collaboration on the same document by more people may be important to avoid proliferation of styles (characters and paraphs, lists and more). So it is important to do a chance to block direct formatting and force contributors to use only predefined styles.

Actual Results:
Direct formatting is always permitted

Expected Results:
Use only predefined styles (character, paragraphs, and more)


Reproducible: Always


User Profile Reset: No

Additional Info:
Prevent direct formatting by a password is an essential feature in collaboration onto complex documents by different people.
Comment 1 Heiko Tietze 2023-02-16 10:41:59 UTC
You can modify the UI per document; quite flexible but tedious and not really what you want.

Rather than blocking features (doubt we can do it properly) I'd warn or just inform about direct formatting. The idea was to have a style highlighter, for just DF see bug 106556.

Would you agree to make your ticket a duplicate, Vito?
Comment 2 Heiko Tietze 2023-05-10 11:07:45 UTC
No response, resolving ID.

We do have special UI for style focused work; yet it might not be sufficient to ensure style and formatting free collaboration.