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It is just a switch to protect the section against accidental changes.</paragraph> 48<table id="tbl_id3154942"> 49<tablerow> 50<tablecell> 51<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3166413" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="31">Turning on protection</paragraph> 52</tablecell> 53<tablecell> 54<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3144764" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="32">Select the text. Choose <emph>Insert - Section - Section</emph>, then under <emph>Write protection</emph> mark the <emph>Protect</emph> and <emph>With password</emph> check boxes. (If the section already exists: <emph>Format - Sections</emph>.) Enter and confirm a password of at least 5 characters.</paragraph> 55</tablecell> 56</tablerow> 57<tablerow> 58<tablecell> 59<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147497" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="33">Turning off protection</paragraph> 60</tablecell> 61<tablecell> 62<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147173" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="34">Choose <emph>Format - Sections - Section</emph> and under <emph>Write protection</emph> clear the <emph>Protect</emph> check box. Enter the correct password.</paragraph> 63</tablecell> 64</tablerow> 65</table> 66<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3146081" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 67oldref="35">Protecting Cells in a <item type="productname">%PRODUCTNAME</item> Writer Table</paragraph> 68<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154480" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="36">You can protect the contents of individual cells of a <item type="productname">%PRODUCTNAME</item> Writer text table from changes.</paragraph> 69<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id363170" role="warning" l10n="NEW">This protection is not intended to be a secure protection. It is just a switch to protect the cells against accidental changes.</paragraph> 70<table id="tbl_id3150321"> 71<tablerow> 72<tablecell> 73<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154360" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="37">Turning on protection</paragraph> 74</tablecell> 75<tablecell> 76<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145643" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="38">Place the cursor in a cell or select cells. Right-click to open the context menu, then choose <emph>Cell - Protect</emph>.</paragraph> 77</tablecell> 78</tablerow> 79<tablerow> 80<tablecell> 81<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3150042" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="39">Turning off protection</paragraph> 82</tablecell> 83<tablecell> 84<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3155178" role="tablecontent" l10n="CHG" oldref="40">Place the cursor in the cell or select the cells. First, if necessary, choose <emph><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - %PRODUCTNAME Writer - Formatting Aids</emph> and mark <emph>Cursor in protected areas - Enable</emph>. Then right-click the cell to open the context menu, choose <emph>Cell - Unprotect</emph>.</paragraph> 85<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3151189" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="41">Select the table in the Navigator, open the context menu and select <emph>Table - Unprotect</emph>.</paragraph> 86<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3147322" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="42">Use Shift+Ctrl+T to remove protection for the entire current table or all selected tables.</paragraph> 87</tablecell> 88</tablerow> 89</table> 90<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="hd_id3149259" role="heading" level="2" l10n="U" 91oldref="43">Automatic Protection of Indexes and Tables</paragraph> 92<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153966" role="paragraph" l10n="U" oldref="44">Tables of contents and indexes created automatically in a <item type="productname">%PRODUCTNAME</item> Writer text are automatically protected against accidental changes.</paragraph> 93<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id814539" role="warning" l10n="NEW">This protection is not intended to be a secure protection. It is just a switch to protect the contents against accidental changes.</paragraph> 94<table id="tbl_id3150644"> 95<tablerow> 96<tablecell> 97<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3145767" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="45">Turning on protection</paragraph> 98</tablecell> 99<tablecell> 100<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3153786" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="46">Place the cursor in the index/table of contents.</paragraph> 101<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3159088" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="47">From the context menu choose <emph>Edit Index/Table</emph>. On the Index/Table tab page, mark <emph>Protected against manual changes</emph>.</paragraph> 102</tablecell> 103</tablerow> 104<tablerow> 105<tablecell> 106<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3154118" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="48">Turning off protection</paragraph> 107</tablecell> 108<tablecell> 109<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3148463" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="49">Place the cursor in the index. First of all, if necessary, under <emph><switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - %PRODUCTNAME Writer - Formatting Aids</emph>, mark <emph>Cursor in protected areas - Enable</emph>.</paragraph> 110<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152968" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="50">From the context menu choose <emph>Edit Index/Table</emph>. On the Index/Table tab page, unmark <emph>Protected against manual changes</emph>.</paragraph> 111<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id3152774" role="tablecontent" l10n="U" oldref="51">In the Navigator, select the index, then open the context menu in the Navigator and select <emph>Index - Read-only</emph>.</paragraph> 112</tablecell> 113</tablerow> 114</table> 115<embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 116<embed href="text/shared/guide/redlining_protect.xhp#redlining_protect"/> 117<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10B8C" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"> 118<embedvar href="text/shared/guide/digital_signatures.xhp#digital_signatures"/> 119</paragraph> 120<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_id7858516" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/shared/guide/protection.xhp">Protecting Other Contents</link></paragraph> 121</body> 122</helpdocument> 123