Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] delete/trash

Hi :)
You don't need to install anything.  You already have all you need for this.  

Just open the folder and delete from the folder instead of trying to use a dialogue-box such as the 
"Save As ... " dialogue-box.  


Many people are familiar with the concept of "web-browser" as a "generic" term covering Internet 
Explorer, Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari, and so on.  Sadly the term file-browser is not so well 
known and people often get confused when it is used.  

It doesn't help that MS cleverly gave their file-browser almost identically the same name as their 
web-browser so people often get those 2 muddled up.  Also "Windows Explorer" doesn't really 
describe what it does.  A window could be so many different things that it's just confusing.  
Famously the call from tech support guy that ended a phone call with " ... and now just open the 
window" and then heard a creakign chair, footsteps and suddenly much louder bird-song.  When you 
open an app it usually opens a window on your screen.  Windows Explorer doesn't explore those.  
"Nautilus" is not very descriptive either but at least there is no mistaking it for "Firefox".  

So, i think James was trying to be helpful by avoiding the generic term "file-browser" by naming 
the specific one that you are using and guessed it would be the default one for Ubuntu.  

Often it's difficult to guess who has which especially when people can so easily add different 
ones.  Sometimes people say they are using Ubuntu when they are using Xubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, 
Edubuntu, one of the Spanish Government distros, Mint or another one that was/is based on Ubuntu.  
Not all use Nautilus of course but all work in very much the same way.  

Often being too specific ends up being confusing and just plain wrong.  
Regards from
Tom :)



--- On Thu, 6/10/11, Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

From: Tom Davies <tomdavies04@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] delete/trash
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Thursday, 6 October, 2011, 23:09

Hi :)
You can open Nautilus by just opening any folder.  That opens the file-browser called Nautilus.  
Hopefully you can navigate to your files in there.  

Other file-browsers are good too but it's worth sticking with the default one until you have got 
the idea.  Ubuntu's default is Nautilus, Xubuntu's is Thunar, Kubuntu's is either Konqueror or 
Dolphin i'm never sure and it's not something you really need to know unless you are using that 
particular distro.  

Generally you can't right-click on stuff in the save/open dialogue boxes in Gnu&Linux but you can 
from the normal file-browser.  At 1st i found that quite limiting but then i found the file-browser 
can have tabs like web-browsers do and that made up for it.  :)
Regards from
Tom :)


--- On Thu, 6/10/11, James Wilde
 <james.wilde@sunde-wilde.com> wrote:

From: James Wilde <james.wilde@sunde-wilde.com>
Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] delete/trash
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Cc: "The Glenn's" <themightyglenns@gmail.com>
Date: Thursday, 6 October, 2011, 21:40

Hi Alisha:

An attempt to help you will be found inline.

On Oct 5, 2011, at 22:19 , The Glenn's wrote:

> *Hi there,
> I'm new to ubuntu, REALLY liking it! One silly thing I need help with: HOW
> do I delete a doc? I made a new doc, but can't delete the old, no right
> click is availble & I don't see anywhere under any tab within libreoffice to
> simple send to trash/delete? looked on forums & help on libre site, nothing.
> THANKS SO MUCH for the help : )
 Ali

Deleting a document is not something you do from within LibreOffice.  It's something you do from 
the operating system.

I suggest you open Nautilus in Ubuntu, navigate to the folder where the document you wish to delete 
is located, and then try right click.

Alternatively, if you save the new document with the same name as the old one, LibreOffice should 
write over the old one, first asking you if this is what you want.

HTH

//James
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