Bug Replicated on:
OpenOffice version: 643C
                Os: Windows 2000 5.00.2195 Service Pack 2
          Platform: PC
The steps needed to replicate this bug are as follows:-
     1.	Open the Openoffice writer and draw a table of some size say 
        4 x 5
     2.	Using the mouse select some of the cells in the table.  
     3.	Go to Format menu, then Cells and Click on Protect.  
     4.	Now go to Tools->Options->Text Documents->Formatting Aids
        and ensure that the "Cursor in protected Areas" is not
        enabled.
     5.	Save the document with a name and close it.  
     6.	Reopen the document again.  We find that the openoffice 
        freezes at this point when we are reopening or sometimes
        when we save the document itself. 
It would be interesting to carry out the following follow-up test: 
      ·	Open a file of a different format such as Microsoft Word 
which has tables in it.  In that table make some cells protected and 
disable the cursor in these cells.  Save the file and reopen it.  See 
if this can be successfully done.  Or one can also draw some tables 
in a MS Word file that is opened using openoffice and carry out the 
above test.  

I do not have MS Office :( I tried using a MS Word doc, creating a 
table and duplicating my procedure. This doesn't work as OO.writer 
does not save the cell protection formatting when saving in MS word 
format. At least in my test the cell protection was gone when I 
re-opened the MS Word doc,(in OO.writer) hence no freezing problem. 
Just curious though, what does MS Word have to do with this ? 

I have installed the new version of OO.og, 1.0.2. This issue still
exists. Is this an issue that you can verify, am I doing something
fundamentally wrong with my prodedure ? I create forms for collecting
data. the forms are a full page of tables. The fact that I cannot
disable the cursor in protected  cells means that I have to tab or use
a mouse to enter data into the unprotected cells. This is a big time
waster when there ar many pages and a couple of hunded cells on each
page,  of which maybe half of the cells have fixed data and can be
protected enabling (theoretically) a tab to find the first unprotected
cell. Unfortuneately for me this is my main use for OO.org.

Ootherwise it is a great contribution to the community.
Thank you

Greg madden

I have tried release Beta 1.1x. This issue is still present. I am not sure how this 
Issue tracking system works but it appears that the issue is listed as unconfirmed. 
Reading through the replies on this issue it appears that sba@openoffice.org did 
replicate this bug.  

Duplicated with OOo1.1beta2 on windows 2000.

Confirming

I made it in a 645m5 without reloading the document:
Protect cells, Leave Cursor in protected cells, uncheck "Cursor
allowed in protected area" in tools-options - Loop.
Problem seems to be the cursor standing in a protected cell where it
is not supposed to be. 
Reassigned to Henning.

for the time being

Fixed in sw017; this should still make it into OOo 1.1
Changed: sw/source/core/crsr/crsrsh.cxx, v1.28.12.1

dvo->os: Please review the fix.
In SwCrsrShell::FindValidCntntNode was previously a comment ('What
about tables?'), but no logic to remove a cursor from a protected area
if cursors in protected areas are not allowed. I now put in logic
which moves forward to a non-protected area, and backwards if going
forwards didn't work.

dvo: Fix reviews by OS.

dvo->sba: Works in sw017. Please fix and close. :-)

Took over grom SBA.

Checked fix with internal CWS sw017.

Fix verified.
Will be available in OO 1.1.

Fixed in RC4.