Re: [libreoffice-users] Strange Macro folder behavior

I checked and got the message about Java when I chose "organize macros >
LibreOffice Basic. (Writer isn't there.) I said "No" and now I see my
Macros without getting the message.

Anyhow my macros are gone again.

I made a library called "My Macros" Maybe if I store them under the
Standard Library, they won't disappear. I assigned each one to a shortcut
so I shouldn't need to go into the library, should I?

I still can't figure out why, when I save a document and then look under
"Run Macros," I find a new library with the title I just saved. Tried it
just now and titled it Test.
Sure enough, there it is! I looked under another document I had opened and
found a library for both that one and "Test." Then I opened one from the
Run option in the Win 7 start menu and checked and there is a Library named
"untitled 2" even before I saved it.

Is this usual behavior? I know so little and have always used Writer to
create simple text documents or tables. This is the first time I tried
creating macros.

Also, for some reason, I can't get LibreOffice Writer to put an icon on the
taskbar. I have to start a new doc from Windows 7 start menu "Run
LibreOffice Writer."

Do you think I should uninstall and reinstall?



On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 5:51 PM, Andrew Pitonyak <andrew@pitonyak.org>
wrote:

> Many features are not available without Java so it lives on every computer
> that I own. I am not sure what the security risk is, but, since everything
> has one....
>
> Happy to hear that your solved the problem and figured out where it is
> hiding.
> This is probably related to "where did I store my macro".
>
> If you remember...
>
> 1. Notice what Macro Library container you use. You might store a macro
> inside a document (and that would be a macro library container). Your
> choices here are really (a) some document, or (b) LibreOffice application.
>
> 2. Notice Library you used. Every Macro Library Container may contain
> numerous libraries. If you use the library named "Standard", then that
> macro will always be available, but, you cannot easily move macros stored
> in the standard library.
>
> 3. Notice what module you stored your macro. Each library can contain
> multiple modules.
>
> I hope that I have not confused you too terribly much.
>
>
> On 2018-07-23 17:30, Peggy wrote:
>
> > Yes, I always use the record macro feature since I don't know enough to do
> > it any other way.
> > Thank you for the old post, I will try it.
> > I did fiind my macros, can't even remember how I got there. I first tried
> > an option that said I needed Java, which I don't want because I read it's
> > a
> > security risk.
> > But when I declinded to enable it, Something opened and showed me the
> > Macros. The ones I tried are working today.
> > Thank you for the reply!
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 5:59 PM, Drew Jensen <drewjensen.inbox@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Howdy,
> > > So, I see that on ask libreoffice this has come up twice and both times
> > > closed out (without an answer) or left unanswered.
> > >
> > > There is an old forum post on this that might help in your case. You can
> > > find it here:
> > > https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=42324 but that
> > > is
> > > back form 2012.
> > >
> > > By any chance had you been using the Record Macro feature also?
> > >
> > > Best wishes,
> > >
> > > Drew
> > >
> > > On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 5:49 PM Peggy <33marliz@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I selected some all capitalized text in a title, wanting to make a
> > > macro
> > > to
> > > > change it to initial caps. Ran the macro, stopped it and it worked.
> > > Went
> > > to
> > > > the macros under "My macros" in the library to assign a shortcut key.
> > > >
> > > > I couldn't find the macro but found a whole new Folder named with the
> > > Title
> > > > I'd selected. Worse yet was a folder with the title of another document
> > > I'd
> > > > started. I couldn't find any way to delete either of them.
> > > >
> > > > And even worse, when I looked at "My Macros" they were all gone.
> > > >
> > > > Searched online and there were a couple of questions from people who
> > > had
> > > > lost all their macros, but they weren't answered. One was closed by a
> > > > moderator because (something like) it was untimely. Don't quote me on
> > > that.
> > > > Whatever it didn't seem the reason for closing it was valid.
> > > >
> > > > I will uninstall and reinstall Libre Office, just losing one template I
> > > > made since my macros are gone. But can anyone tell me what I did to
> > > cause
> > > > those new folders? My macors were simple but convenient, and I can
> > > create
> > > > them again.
> > > >
> > > > Peggy
> > > >
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