[clue] File Permissions with Linux Mint 17 and LibreOffice 1.4.2.7

[M Paul Webb]

I just made a PDF in LibreOffice. I was able to reload it and modify it,
but I had to change the file name to save the modified version. Then, I
opened it in Windows with PagePlus. I was able to modify and save with a
name change. Then, I opened in LibreOffice a 71 page PDF I just made for
the Copyright office with PagePlus, that was secured. I had to use a
password, according to the security features I had set, and the cover page
lost the graphic, and the specialized fonts I used were lost, but
substituted, though they were embedded. LibreOffice has PDF security
settings. So, you can use a PDF format and make changes between users  or
lock out modifications as you want.

On Thu, Apr 2, 2015 at 10:52 AM, M Paul Webb <m.paulwebb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Linux doesn't have an application for creating PDFs that can be modified
> and that can modify? That seems strange.
>
> (However, I do PDFs in my virtual box, using Serif PagePlus in Windows. I
> save directly to the Linux OS. (Publishing is just the one thing I still do
> in Windows). Then I can really finesse the settings -- like auto fit text,
> and 11.25 fonts. The virtual box works well, like an single OS with Ubuntu.
> And as much as I like Evince, Adobe Acrobat Reader does display better and
> makes a better impression on the readers. So I have to test on Adobe, as
> that is what most people use.)
>
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 12:57 PM, Charles W Downing <
> chuckdowning at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>>  Thanks, David.
>>
>>
>> On 04/01/2015 11:30 AM, David L. Willson wrote:
>>
>> Do they need to be able to modify your documents?
>>
>> If not, consider exporting PDF. They will get a high-fidelity, but
>> read-only "printed" version of your doc. That's what I do, most of the time.
>>
>> If they need to edit your documents, consider using a more primitive
>> format. Rather than .docx or .xlsx, use .doc, .rtf, .html, .txt, .tdv and
>> so on. Maximize the ratio of information to decoration.
>>
>> Consider having another person, someone that can send documents everyone
>> can use, originate all the documents, so that you're editing their format,
>> rather than them editing yours.
>>
>> --
>> David L. Willson
>> Teacher, Engineer, Evangelist
>> RHCE+Satellite CCAH Network+ A+ Linux+ LPIC-1 UbuntuCP NovellCLA
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>>
>> This is a good time for a r3VOLution.
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Gang,
>>
>> I have been a "clue" for about 15 years.  I am on a Board made up of Mac
>> and Windows users.  I need to share files with all of them.  However, when
>> I save a LibreOffice Writer or Calc file as docx or xslx, a couple of them
>> cannot open it.  One of them claims to have Windows 8.x, while the other
>> has a Mac laptop.
>>
>> I have spent the better part of today trying various options to save a
>> file from Calc because of various "default" permissions settings using
>> umask and other things, as suggested from Google searchs.  Nothing seems to
>> work.
>>
>> My problem seems to be that I sometimes forget to change the permissions
>> of a file before I attach it to an e-mail.  Even then, this week, the Mac
>> user has been unable to open a spreadsheet, possibly because her program
>> has some default setting.
>>
>> Help!
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> --
>> Chuck Downing
>> Highlands Ranch, CO USA
>>
>>
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