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Re:Pandoc by loup-vaillant on Friday February 02, 2024 @10:27AM (#39229673)
Is there a way to lock documents in some way, so that direct formatting is disallowed and only styles work? Not that we could truly lock a document, but at least having some sort of header that lists allowed features, such that one would get a warning whenever they veered off course?
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Re:Pandoc by _Algernon_ on Friday February 02, 2024 @12:48PM (#39231718)
Don't think such fine grained control exists. There is read only mode[1], which (I assume) limits the reader to only comment.

[1]: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/make-a-document-r...

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Re:Pandoc by tomjen3 on Saturday February 03, 2024 @12:26AM (#39237755)
Yes. Protect document and then select limit formatting to a selection of styles. Can’t remember the exact name of the checkbox.
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Re:Pandoc by chongli on Saturday February 03, 2024 @10:27AM (#39241191)
Sometimes direct formatting is the correct choice, such as when applying bold or italics to individual words or sentences within a paragraph. Making a separate style for those is lunacy!
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