Bug 164214 - Restricted editing: highlight regions I can edit
Summary: Restricted editing: highlight regions I can edit
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Writer (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
25.2.0.0 alpha0+
Hardware: All All
: medium enhancement
Assignee: Not Assigned
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Whiteboard: QA:needsComment
Keywords: needsDevAdvice, needsUXEval
Depends on:
Blocks: DOCX-Doc-Protection DOC-Doc-Protection
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Reported: 2024-12-06 09:49 UTC by Timur
Modified: 2025-01-27 11:05 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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2024-12-06 09:49 UTC, Timur 		Details
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Description Timur 2024-12-06 09:49:01 UTC 
Created attachment 197975 [details]
MSO shows editable region

While LO does not support restricting editing of documents (bug 120854) it can read restricted DOCX. 
Missing is to be able in LO to Highlight the regions I can edit, like in MSO. It should be configurable option.
Otherwise, currently user may not know what is editable.
Comment 1 Dieter 2025-01-26 11:44:57 UTC 
Sounds reasonable to me, but let's ask design-team
Comment 2 Heiko Tietze 2025-01-27 08:53:06 UTC 
The only way to make parts of a document read-only is via frames using the Protect > Content option, as far as I know. Are there any other?
Comment 3 Regina Henschel 2025-01-27 11:05:59 UTC 
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #2)
> The only way to make parts of a document read-only is via frames using the
> Protect > Content option, as far as I know. Are there any other?

Insert > Section > Write Protection. You can even set a password.