Hi :) It's just that renaming the old one or deleting it forces LO to create new fresh folders and files. Renaming the entire profile is a bit of a sledge-hammer approach, roughly equivalent to what most people expect from a re-install of the program, but it also works for sub-folders within the profile.
It's worth trying out the renaming and keep the lower-level folder open so that you can see the new "3" folder being created just by opening LO. Often when people have problems with LO they can pin-point it to a specific file or sub-sub-folder within the user-profile and then simply revert to the factory default for that. It works the same way in most other OpenSource programs. Regards from Tom :) --- On Mon, 24/10/11, Gary Schnabl <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Gary Schnabl <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Re: Ping Gary S: Your edited copy of > 0210WG34 > To: [email protected] > Date: Monday, 24 October, 2011, 17:17 > Would I be correct in assuming that > the factory-default template is actually now embedded within > the software--sans any file--for version 3.4.x? I noticed > that the former version 3.3.x command no longer exists > (according to my way of thinking...) for reverting to the > factory-default template--the LO analog of the normal.docm > file in MS Word 2007 or later, which is now built into LO, > no? > > Gary > > On 10/24/2011 9:50 AM, Tom wrote: > > Hi :) > > You can get rid of all extensions, settings, > configurations, galleries, > > templates and all by just re-naming your > user-profile. In LobreOffice look > > in > > > > Tools - Options - LibreOffice/General - Paths > > > > and look for the folders "... libreoffice/3/user > ...". If you rename the > > "3" to todays date in reverse date order (eg for me, > today it would be > > "2011-10-24") then it's easier to keep track of which > profile back-up is the > > most recent. LibreOffice is forced to generate > an entirely new profile > > which sets LibreOffice "back to factory > defaults". You can then choose to > > copy&paste some stuff back in from your previous > profile to regain parts or > > all of what you lost by doing so. > > > > Regards from > > Tom :) > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Ping-Gary-S-Your-edited-copy-of-0210WG34-tp3447226p3448186.html > > Sent from the Documentation mailing list archive at > Nabble.com. > > > > > -- > Gary Schnabl > Southwest Detroit, two miles NORTH! of Canada--Windsor, > that is... > > Technical Editor forum <http://TechnicalEditor.LivernoisYard.com/phpBB3/> > > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to > [email protected] > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived > and cannot be deleted > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
