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Opening an existing document
In previous versions of OOo, when an existing document was opened in
writer (I don't know about other components), it was opened at the same
place in the document where it was closed the time beffore. I find that
function rather useful and do not understand why it has been
eliminated. Would it be possible to get it back?
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Re: Opening an existing document
Posted by Brian Barker <b....@btinternet.com>.
At 13:42 10/04/2013 -0500, Dale Erwin wrote:
>That sounds like an awful lot of work for my use.
Good-oh! That's why I called it a workaround.
>I would have to do that 50 times a day, ...
If it's worth it to you to have a bookmark, you would find it
worthwhile to set it!
>... and how do you get rid of the previous bookmark when you set a new one?
Have you not experimented?
1. You don't particularly need to: you just need to go to the
appropriate (new) named bookmark each time you reopen the document.
2. In the Navigator. Didn't you see?
Brian Barker
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Re: Opening an existing document
Posted by Dale Erwin <da...@casaerwin.org>.
That sounds like an awful lot of work for my use. I would have to do
that 50 times a day, and how do you get rid of the previous bookmark
when you set a new one?
I think I will just use my Portable copy of OOo 3.2.0, from Sun, which
does have the behavior I like.
Dale Erwin
Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03
Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU
http://leather.casaerwin.org
On 4/10/2013 1:17 PM, Brian Barker wrote:
> At 12:34 10/04/2013 -0500, Dale Erwin wrote:
>> In previous versions of OOo, when an existing document was opened in
>> writer (I don't know about other components), it was opened at the
>> same place in the document where it was closed the time before. I
>> find that function rather useful and do not understand why it has
>> been eliminated. Would it be possible to get it back?
>
> This is not an answer to your question, but there are two facilities
> useful as workarounds: reminders and bookmarks. Set reminders by
> opening the Navigator and clicking the (paper clip) Set Reminder
> icon. Set bookmarks at Insert | Bookmark... or again through the
> Navigator. You can get back to bookmarks and reminders in various
> ways, using the Navigator or the Navigation toolbar (which are
> different things). It is a good idea to get used to exactly how to
> use these, which is perhaps not well explained in the help text. Note
> that - once you have configured it - you can use the effect of the
> Navigation toolbar directly from the three buttons at the bottom of
> the vertical scroll bar. Probably the simplest way to return to a
> bookmark is to right-click in the Page Number field at the left of the
> Status Bar (at the foot of the window) and select the appropriate
> (named) bookmark from the context menu.
>
> I trust this helps.
>
> Brian Barker
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Re: Opening an existing document
Posted by Brian Barker <b....@btinternet.com>.
At 12:34 10/04/2013 -0500, Dale Erwin wrote:
>In previous versions of OOo, when an existing document was opened in
>writer (I don't know about other components), it was opened at the
>same place in the document where it was closed the time before. I
>find that function rather useful and do not understand why it has
>been eliminated. Would it be possible to get it back?
This is not an answer to your question, but there are two facilities
useful as workarounds: reminders and bookmarks. Set reminders by
opening the Navigator and clicking the (paper clip) Set Reminder
icon. Set bookmarks at Insert | Bookmark... or again through the
Navigator. You can get back to bookmarks and reminders in various
ways, using the Navigator or the Navigation toolbar (which are
different things). It is a good idea to get used to exactly how to
use these, which is perhaps not well explained in the help
text. Note that - once you have configured it - you can use the
effect of the Navigation toolbar directly from the three buttons at
the bottom of the vertical scroll bar. Probably the simplest way to
return to a bookmark is to right-click in the Page Number field at
the left of the Status Bar (at the foot of the window) and select the
appropriate (named) bookmark from the context menu.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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Re: Opening an existing document
Posted by johnny smith <ka...@krovatka.su>.
On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 17:34:40 -0000, Dale Erwin <da...@casaerwin.org> wrote:
> In previous versions of OOo, when an existing document was opened in
> writer (I don't know about other components), it was opened at the same
> place in the document where it was closed the time beffore. I find that
> function rather useful and do not understand why it has been
> eliminated. Would it be possible to get it back?
On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:30:59 -0000, Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie> wrote:
> If you refer having the document opening at the last editing position,
> you need to enter a name in
> /Tools /Options /OpenOffice.org /User Data on Windows / Linux machines.
and you would probably need to enable loading user-specific settings with
documents under tools > options > load/save > general (i didn't try myself
but that seems sensible).
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Re: Opening an existing document
Posted by Dale Erwin <da...@casaerwin.org>.
Thanks, Rory, that took care of it... and I didn't have to restart the
Quickstarter. I just restarted writer. This will be a real time-saver
for me.
Dale Erwin
Jr. 28 de Julio 657, Depto. 03
Magdalena del Mar, Lima 17 PERU
http://leather.casaerwin.org
On 4/10/2013 1:30 PM, Rory O'Farrell wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:34:40 -0500
> Dale Erwin <da...@casaerwin.org> wrote:
>
>> In previous versions of OOo, when an existing document was opened in
>> writer (I don't know about other components), it was opened at the same
>> place in the document where it was closed the time beffore. I find that
>> function rather useful and do not understand why it has been
>> eliminated. Would it be possible to get it back?
>>
>>
> If you refer having the document opening at the last editing position, you need to enter a name in
> /Tools /Options /OpenOffice.org /User Data on Windows / Linux machines. I'm not certain, but you may need to restat OpenOffice completely for this to take (including the Quickstarter).
>
> (Similar path on Macs under Preferences)
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Re: Opening an existing document
Posted by Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>.
On Wed, 10 Apr 2013 12:34:40 -0500
Dale Erwin <da...@casaerwin.org> wrote:
> In previous versions of OOo, when an existing document was opened in
> writer (I don't know about other components), it was opened at the same
> place in the document where it was closed the time beffore. I find that
> function rather useful and do not understand why it has been
> eliminated. Would it be possible to get it back?
>
>
If you refer having the document opening at the last editing position, you need to enter a name in
/Tools /Options /OpenOffice.org /User Data on Windows / Linux machines. I'm not certain, but you may need to restat OpenOffice completely for this to take (including the Quickstarter).
(Similar path on Macs under Preferences)
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Rory O'Farrell <of...@iol.ie>
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