On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 1:08 AM, Rene Engelhard <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Nathanael Kennedy wrote:
> > There are serious problems, even at a security level, with OpenOffice...
> >
> > There is no EASY OR STRAIGHTFORWARD WAY to DELETE the entire list of
> "Recent
> > Documents".  Documents I no longer care about, I of course delete.
> > DOCUMENTS REMAIN ON THE "RECENT DOCUMENTS" LIST LONG AFTER THEY'VE BEEN
> > DELETED (FOR MONTHS, SOMETIMES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)  This is a serious
> > annoyance & could even be considered a serious security flaw on a
> computer
> > used by several individuals.
>
> > Nonsense. For this, you have separate accounts for the people and each
> person
> > has its own local configuration -> no problem when sharing the pc.
>

When I let other people use my computer, I rarely make a separate account
for them (this is not a bad idea, though).  I usually let them use my
computer from my own "administrator" account... this does NOT mean I want my
most recent and private documents waiving "in the air" in the recent
document list.

>
> > No security thing at all, an annoyance maybe, yes, but if yu can't set up
> > your computer *properly* for multi-user....


I'll restate the question, & annoyance.  OpenOffice Writer, etc. maintains a
list of "Recent Documents", and I want TO CLEAN & CLEAR this list on a
regular basis.  I am a "newbie" at the software, and do want to state that
it is pretty straightforward & easy to figure out MOST OF THE TIME!
However, when I've been Googling for message boards with this question, I've
found COUNTLESS other people with the exact same issue!  And I've found no
straightforward answer in such message boards on how to CLEAR THE RECENT
DOCUMENT LIST!!!  Everyone wants to know how, but nobody does.........

What I want to add, and I want to learn a little bit of programming so I can
maybe even do it myself, is the following;
In the "Recent Document" list, IT SHOULD CHECK TO MAKE SURE THE FILE STILL
EXISTS --- BEFORE LISTING IT!!!!  This is something that IS CURRENTLY
***NOT*** DONE!!!  I've had files DELETED MONTHS AGO still listed in the
Recent Documents!!!  WTF?!?
I want an option RIGHT AT THE TOP of the "Recent Documents" list to "Delete
the Recent Document List", that will get rid of the list easy as pie.
Also HOW DO YOU DISABLE THE RECENT DOCUMENT LIST COMPLETELY????  If there is
no "easy" way to do this, then it is a feature that must be added!!!

>
> Regards,

Nathanael

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