Description: I created a new XML Form document on macOS with Libreoffice Writer and exported it a few times successfully as PDF/UA. Then I upgraded Libreoffice to 25.8.4. (this may not be related). Now when I access my document, all areas of the document are read-only, except the form fields themselves and one image at the beginning of the document. I have tried turning "design mode" on and off but it did have any effect. I have tried to go to "Sections" in the Format menu, but the entire Format menu is greyed out (with the exception of "Watermark…"). When I open the .odt document on another Mac with Libreoffice 25.2.2.x I get the same issue. I'm attaching the problematic document to this issue. Steps to Reproduce: 1. open file 2. position the cursor on some text element. Note that the cursor doesn't appear 3. enter text. A popup appears "Write-protected content cannot be changed. No modifications will be accepted". Actual Results: see above Expected Results: There must be a way to disable this read-only attribute. Reproducible: Always User Profile Reset: No Additional Info: The software should have told me how to remove the write protection.
Created attachment 205091 [details] XML Form document (.odt) that demonstrates the issue.
To be more specific, I successfully exported it as PDF Form (PDF/UA compliant).
If you open a *.odt-file with form elements the file will be opened for input data by default. Have set "Design Mode On" and could edit the file here. Version: 25.8.4.2 (X86_64) Build ID: 290daaa01b999472f0c7a3890eb6a550fd74c6df CPU threads: 6; OS: Linux 6.4; UI render: default; VCL: kf5 (cairo+xcb) Locale: de-DE (de_DE.UTF-8); UI: en-US Calc: threaded
Created attachment 205101 [details] Screenshot shows where to switch Desin mode.
That did the trick! I think it's highly confusing that there are two different buttons both labelled "Design mode" but only one of these buttons solves the issue (and of course the concept of a design mode is confusing to begin with, at least for me). So hopefully Libreoffice can be improved in terms of helping the user to find out how to end the read-only mode.