[orca-list] Problem accessing read-only documents in OpenOffice writer

["David E. Price" <deprice cs utah edu>]

Hi,

I've got a secured document created in Microsoft Word. When I open the 
file using OO Writer, it is opened in read-only mode. I am unable to 
access any of the content in the file. Additionally, I'm not given the 
option to enter a password to make the document editable (I don't have 
the password for this document, but in other cases I might).

My versions of software are old, as follows:

gnome: 2.24.1
Orca: 2.29.1pre
OpenOffice Writer: 2.4

My questions: Has anyone worked with secured documents in OO Writer?  Do 
more recent versions of OO Writer allow you to enter a password to work 
with a secured document?

As an aside, I'm planning on upgrading to Ubuntu Lucid within the next 
month.

Thanks,

dave