Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Moving Templates from 3.5.5 to 4.0

     Sorry, I have run out of ideas myself.

--Dan

On 02/20/2013 10:18 AM, Karen DInse wrote:
> Dan,
>
> Here are the steps I took.  Tools, Customize, Menus.  I added a new menu
> (call it Billing), then under menu content I clicked add, application, new
> document from template.  This adds a menu item called Billing.  Tools,
> Options, LibreOffice, paths would point to the template directory on the
> network.  In LO3.5 this would open the template the user chose, then prompt
> them for input fields.  In LO4.0 it opens the template manager, and they can
> still open the desired template, but it doesn't prompt them for input.
> *Prompting them for input is the key.
> *
> Your way of adding an icon performs the same way as adding the menu item.
> However, it still won't prompt the user for input.
>
> Unless someone has another idea, we will create an application that will
> open the template from the network location.  It's an added step, and takes
> almost 1 minute to open the template, even if LO is already open.  I've
> increased the memory on the Graphics cache to 256 MB, but we aren't dealing
> with graphics, so that didn't appear to make any difference (just trying
> different things to speed it up).  Any other ideas?
>
>
> Dan Lewis wrote
> > I am confused. when I use Tools -> Customize, the Customize dialog
> > opens. I don't see where I can select /New Document from Template/ nor
> > /Template Manager/. What do see at the top is four tabs with /Menus/
> > selected with /File/ menu as the default for the dropdown list. Perhaps
> > you could give me better directions?
> >        However, if I click the /Toolbars/ tab with the Customize dialog
> > open, I see the Toolbar page. /Standard/ is the default value for the
> > dropdown menu of toolbars. There I see /New Documents from Template/. If
> > it is not checked, I can check it. This places its icon in the Standard
> > toolbar directly below the Menu tool bar approximately below /Edit/. Now
> > when I want to use one of my templates, I click the icon, the Template
> > Manager opens. I then click /My Templates/ and select the template I
> > want to use.
> >        I describe what I have done as:
> > Tools -> Customize -> Toolbars. Check /New Documents from Template/ if
> > it is not checked. Click OK to close the dialog. Now the Standard
> > toolbar has the /New Documents from Template/ icon. Any time you have
> > Writer open, you click this icon to open the Templates Manager. From
> > here you can select the template you want to use.
> >
> > --Dan
> >
> > On 02/19/2013 03:35 PM, Karen DInse wrote:
> > > We found a 'work around'.  If we open the template directly from where it
> > > is
> > > stored on the network, the input fields stop and ask the user for the
> > > appropriate data.  However, this is a step backwards, and is extremely
> > > slow.
> > > In LO 3.5.5 we were able to create a menu item that would open the
> > > templates
> > > correctly (Tools, Customize, New Document from Template).  When we do
> > > that
> > > in LO 4.0. the template will open, but won't prompt for input.  If we
> > > change
> > > the way the menu opens the template (Tools, Customize, Open, Template
> > > Manager), the template will open correctly.  The catch is, if the user
> > > then
> > > opens a regular document, then tries to open another template, the
> > > default
> > > directory goes to the last place that the file was opened from.  The
> > > users'
> > > files are stored on a different server than the LO application files.
> > > Any
> > > ideas how we can get around this?  Hopefully speed up the opening of LO 4
> > > in
> > > a Windows network environment?
> > >
> > >
> > > Tom wrote
> > > > Hi :)
> > > > Have you had any luck with this?  Sorry you haven't had any answers so
> > > > far
> > > > but hopefully someone here might be able to figure it out.
> > > > Apols and regards from
> > > > Tom :)
> > > > ________________________________
> > > > From: Karen DInse <
> > > > kdinse@.il>z To: users@.libreoffice
> > > > Sent: Friday, 15 February 2013, 17:40
> > > > Subject: [libreoffice-users] Moving Templates from 3.5.5 to 4.0
> > > >
> > > > Windows XP, SP3
> > > >
> > > > I created numerous templates in LO 3.5.5.  I created the letter/template
> > > > and inserted input fields that would stop and ask the user to input the
> > > > appropriate data.  Worked real well in LO 3.5.5.
> > > >
> > > > We are hoping to upgrade to version 4.0.0.3, but when we try to copy or
> > > > import the templates, they don't stop at the input fields to prompt the
> > > > user to input the data.
> > > >
> > > > We have tried to retype the letters/templates, inserting input fields,
> > > > to no avail. Is there a way to get the template to stop and prompt the
> > > > user for
> > > > each input box?
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