Re: [libreoffice-users] New User: Three Questions

On 07/19/2011 01:14 PM, Cliff Scott wrote:
> ** Reply to message from David B Teague sr<davidbteague@comporium.net>  on
> Tue, 19 Jul 2011 10:56:27 -0400
>
> > On 7/19/2011 9:09 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:
> > >    1.) When LO is invoked it displays a box of icons in the middle of the
> > > application window. Where do I change the start up option so I see
> > > either a
> > > blank window or a new writer document instead of this icon box?
> > Are you using Windows? If so, I am certain there is a way, but I
> > sidestep the issue by keeping an empty writer document on my desk top. I
> > start that and click the "new document" at the upper left. I do have to
> > choose where to save if different from the default. I thought this
> > easier than fighting the run box as suggested elsewhere.
> >
> > You can prefer to create a shortcut, giving the "item" the short cut
> > wizard requests as a path to swriter.exe. On my 64 bit W7 machine it is
> > C:\Program Files (x86)\LibreOffice 3\program\swriter.exe
> > YMMV.
> >
> > The answers given by others to your remaining questions are better than
> > what I can come up with.
> I know he isn't using Windows, but FYI, under Windows there is a folder in
> your program list with icons for each of the functions, i.e. Writer, Calc,
> etc. Just make a copy of the shortcut and put it on your desktop or quick
> start bar.
For Linux - Ubuntu - I went to the menu of Office and right clicked on 
the module of LO [Writer, Calc, etc.] and was given the choice of "Add 
this launcher to Panel" or "Add this launcher to Desktop"  I choose 
"Desktop" and it placed an icon on the desktop for opening that module 
directly instead of opening the dialog box that list all the modules.

You can use something with Windows [not how with Win 7] by going to the 
Start Menu option of the LO module and do a copy/paste of the menu link 
to make a copy on the Windows desktop.

I always do that for the packages I use on a weekly or daily basis.  I 
did with Win XP/Vista, or on my Ubuntu 10.04 desktop.  I use GNOME be 
default, but I have dome something similar in KDE.

This should be something people should do by default for all the 
packages they use daily, IMO.

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