Hi :) Ahh, i dunno. I didn't know there was a command (other than my sledge-hammer approach). 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, 18:20 > My question was intended to ascertain > if the version 3.3 command to > restore the factory default template is still available. I > did not > notice its availability (no such version 3.3.x command in > the UI __in my > version 3.4.x). So, what is the version 3.4.x manner for > doing that? > > Gary > > On 10/24/2011 12:53 PM, Tom Davies wrote: > > 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
