LibreOffice 4.2 Proposal.

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#1

Dear ladies and gentlemen.

LibreOffice 4.2 offers a new Start screen, and shows a preview of the last documents.

Indeed, that is correct but I do not think it's good that everyone can open password protected documents without entering the password from this preview!

This gives me a sense of insecurity and wonder whether it would not be better asking the password if the file is protected by a password.

Hoping this proposal to be of service, I salute Gilbert WUYTACK.

#2

​I just did the following:
- Started LibreOffice
- Created a new document, typed a few words, then saved it
password-protected
- Closed it to return to the start screen: no preview image, and when
clicked it ask for the password
- Closed libreoffice, started it again: still no preview image​, still
asking for password
I'd say that the start screen doesn't bypass the password protection
mechanism in any way: it doesn't disclose a preview of the document, nor
keep an unencrypted copy anywhere.

Maybe I misunderstood, but I don't get the problem here.

#3

Cley Faye wrote (21-05-14 15:46)

I'd say that the start screen doesn't bypass the password protection
mechanism in any way: it doesn't disclose a preview of the document, nor
keep an unencrypted copy anywhere.

Indeed. There must be another problem with Gilberts situation.

Cheers,

#4

Hi :slight_smile:
I wonder if the file is stored in some weird format such as the MS
formats? The native ODF formats seem to work just fine :slight_smile:

If it is a case of the format not working properly then it's still worth
posting a bug-report about it. Part of the bug-reporting process is to see
if there is already a bug-report and if so then you might be able to help
by letting them know version numbers and things that might help pin-point
the problem. This wiki-guide helps with all that;
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/QA/BugReport
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#5

Hi :slight_smile:
I just realised this was a private message sent to just me rather than to
the whole list! I don't know the answer. Is it something to do with
enabling "experimental features"?

Regards from
Tom :slight_smile: