Re: [libreoffice-users] multiple file import

Hi :)
I've not tried this either but in a similar case i often find it's
more efficient to drag the last one in first and then it's easier to
drag in  earlier and earlier ones into the same place each time
without having to scroll through
Regards from
Tom :)

On 18 December 2013 20:32, Brian Barker <b.m.barker@btinternet.com> wrote:
> At 19:13 18/12/2013 +0000, Nobody Noname wrote:
> > Is there a way to import multiple files into a new document? The existing
> > function only allows multiples files to be imported successively, which is
> > inefficient. If a directory contains
> > file1
> > file2
> > file3
> > it would be beneficial to be able to select all files in the import
> > dialogue window for automatic successive import into the new document.
>
>
> One obvious problem would be the necessity to indicate the order in which
> multiple files should be incorporated.  It would be easy if you had files
> with carefully organised names, but in general you wouldn't have that.  In
> any case, would file10 become positioned after file9 or between file1 and
> file2?  Would that apply in all operating systems?
>
> If you needed either to list the files in the order in which you wanted them
> incorporated, or else to readjust everything after assembly, you would be
> better off (and achieve a more reliable result) by simply importing one at a
> time.
>
> Brian Barker
>
>
>
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