Re: R: [libreoffice-users] Using text instead of icons

I wrote:

> I usually use LibreOffice on Fedora Linux. The current version I have
> installed is 26.2. Today I tried to use it on Windows with version 28.6.
> I could not find a way to change all the icons for the various tools to
> simple text. Although this has been tedious on Linux, it has at least
> been possible. (I haven't used picture books since I was about five
> years old. I learned to read.)
>
> Online helps says I can do this on the Windows version with "go to Menu
> > Tools > Options > LibreOffice > View, and then select the option to
> display text labels for icons." This would be wonderful if it worked
> since doing so in the past required making individual changes for each
> toolbar. But that option does not seem to appear.
>
> Am I missing something? Or has LibreOffice eliminated this useful
> feature?

Paolo Debortoli answered:

> You\u2019re not missing it. In current LibreOffice, the global **\u201cText,
Text and Icons, or Icons\u201d** choice is no longer presented under
**Tools -> Options -> LibreOffice -> View**. That advice refers to
an older interface/version.

> The feature still exists, but it is applied **per toolbar**:

> 1. Make sure the relevant toolbar is visible: **View -> Toolbars**.
> 2. Right-click an empty area of that toolbar\u2014or click its small
>   toolbar drop-down/menu button.
> 3. Choose **Visible Buttons** if you need to add or remove commands.
> 4. Open **Customize Toolbar...** or **Toolbar Settings...**, depending
>   on the exact build and UI.
> 5. In the toolbar customization dialog, select **Text only** in
>   the control that normally offers **Icons only**, **Text only**,
>   or **Icons and Text**.
> 6. Repeat this for each toolbar.

> LibreOffice\u2019s documentation for the 26.2 branch confirms that
> toolbar buttons can be set to **Icon only, Text only, or Icon and
> text**, but says this selection is made from the toolbar customization
> interface\u2014not from the general **View** options.

> So the short answer is: **the text-label capability remains, but
> the convenient global setting appears to have been removed or the
> online instructions are outdated. On Windows 28.6, use per-toolbar
> customization or switch to the Standard Toolbar interface first.**

Thank you, Paolo. What you describe is the way the Linux version has
worked since I first used it years ago. The global change would be a
wonderful addition and I've requested it several time. I'm unhappy to
learn that Windows once worked that better way but now mirrors the
tedious method required in Linux.
-- 
Dave Close, Compata, Irvine CA      "You can't go to Windows Update
dave@compata.com, +1 714 434 7359    and get a patch for stupidity."
dhclose@alumni.caltech.edu                  -- Kevin Mitnick


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