Yes. I've just installed 6.1.0.1 and I'll see how that works. Graham
On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 at 16:51, Tom Davies <tomc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi :) > Hopefully 'just' teething problems that will be ironed out fairly quickly, > inshalla. > > Were you able to follow the route; > Tools - Options - Advanced - Expert > and then search for relevant options to get the main top menu back again? > Regards from > a Tom :) > > > > On 6 July 2018 at 15:43, Graham Luffrum <grhmlf...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> This is all very well, but on my system (6.0.5.2 under Linux Mint 18.1) >> the >> settings icon does not work which means that I can get back to the default >> only by changing the Notebooktoolbar settings. Also the menubar is not >> shown by default - again this requires changes to the Notebooktoolbar >> settings. >> >> Graham >> >> >> On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 at 09:24, M Henri Day <mhenri...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Den tors 5 juli 2018 kl 14:39 skrev Philip Jackson < >> > philip.jack...@nordnet.fr>: >> > >> > > I tried the Notebookbar after looking at the Fedora article. It worked >> > > just as advertised and I managed to return to default using the '3 >> small >> > > horizontal lines' icon on the rhs of the ribbon. I was using LO >> 6.0.0.2 >> > > (I think) >> > > >> > > I wasn't impressed by the Notebookbar - it seems to be variations on a >> > > theme started by MS some years ago and immediately followed by some >> > > other software houses just like it was the fashion of the day. The >> > > introduction of the ribbon by Avid Sibelius raised howls of protest >> from >> > > the veteran users of Sibelius - but that's just because we're mostly >> > > very conservative and don't like change. >> > > >> > > Yesterday, I upgraded LO to 6.0.5.2 and took the opportunity to >> recheck >> > > Notebookbar. Out of the 6 variants, the first 2 'Contextual Groups' >> and >> > > 'Contextual Simple' don't show the little icon. The next 2 variants, >> > > 'Tabbed' and 'Tabbed Compact' do show the icon. >> > > >> > > The last two, 'Grouped bar full' and 'Group bar compact' don't show >> the >> > > icon BUT they do have an item at the far right called 'Menu' which >> has a >> > > drop down which allows you to toggle on the Menu Bar - and to select >> > > the different variants of Notebookbar. >> > > >> > > The number of combinations seem to be numerous. I may have missed a >> > > combination but it seemed to me that although I could turn off the >> > > regular MenuBar in the Grouped Bar full and compact variants, it still >> > > appeared in the 2 tabbed variants. >> > > >> > > This ribbon seems good to pass away a few spare minutes. For a new >> user, >> > > it may provide something of interest but I think I'll stay with the >> old >> > > menu bar. >> > > >> > > Philip >> > >> > >> > <snip> >> > >> > Agree with Philip above about retaining the old toolbar layout - one >> could, >> > of course, learn the «ribbon», but why bother - especially when it is >> more >> > complicated to use and doesn't seem to provide any advantages. But I do >> > think it's worthwhile experimenting with and it's easy to get back to >> the >> > default toolbar layout, så long as the menubar is shown (which it is by >> > defautl ; if one doesn't see it in the ribbon view, click the settings >> icon >> > (the three horizontal lines) at the upper right and check the >> alternative)) >> > just click there on View → Toolbar Layout and choose Default.... >> > >> > Henri >> > >> > -- >> > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >> > Problems? >> > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> > Posting guidelines + more: >> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >> > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy >> > >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org >> Problems? >> https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >> Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >> List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ >> Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy >> > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
