Re: [libreoffice-users] How to turn off the global menu

Hi :)
I think if you get LibreOffice from the 
http://www.libreoffice.org
website and then install it without the desktop integration packages then it forces LibreOffice to 
use it's own style.  I'm not sure if it's possible to remove desktop integration from the 
LibreOffice installed by default with Ubuntu as i have not tried it.  I suspect it might take out 
more than you want taken out

You do get used to the Apple way of doing things but it is a Pita at the start.  Also you can use 
keyboard short-cuts and the keyboard arrows to navigate those menus without moving the mouse arrow. 
 For example try 
Alt F
to open the File menu for Edit it's 
Alt E
the unpredictable one is the "Format" menu which needs 
Alt o
You can see the underlinings at the beginning of the name of the menu.  


Power users can get used to it but it helps to get "Ubuntu Tweaks" and "Unity Tweaks".  I keep 
losing track of Unity Tweaks but here's how to add the other

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak

On the other hand you might find it better to install Cinnamon or something to get one of the forks 
of Gnome instead of sticking with Unity.  New people seem to really like Unity though.  

Regards from 

Tom :)  



----- Original Message -----
> From: Kracked_P_P---webmaster <webmaster@krackedpress.com>
> To: users@global.libreoffice.org
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> Sent: Tuesday, 7 May 2013, 12:24
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] How to turn off the global menu
>
> On 05/07/2013 06:48 AM, William Drago wrote:
> >   All,
> >
> >   I am using LO 4.0.2.2 in Ubuntu with the Unity desktop. I want to turn 
> >   off the very annoying global menu and put the menu back where it 
> >   belongs. In Firefox there's a very convenient setting to enable or 
> >   disable global menu integration. Is there anything like that in LO?
> >
> >   BTW, I don't want to get too far off topic, but can someone explain to 
> >   me why putting the menu way off on the top of the screen is better 
> >   than keeping it close to the application? Am I not using it correctly?
> >
> >   Thanks,
> >   -Bill
>
> I wonder if the developers added that option.
>
> The "top of the screen menus" is a Unity feature and the developers 
> made 
> sure that LO was compliant with Unity's menu formatting.  I do not like 
> that, or Unity's menu and desktop design, so I use Ubuntu 12.04 and 
> 13.04 with MATE as the desktop environment.
>
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