I just relayed someones else's work, eh, Peter. Chris > THANKS Chris. > > dave > > Chris BONDE wrote: > > I put it in a place so that I would not misplace it. I did not > > write down the authors name so if the author would check to see if > > I am correct then that would be great. Quote The list of recently > > opened files is too short. I need to see more that the default 4 > > items on the list. How do I achieve this? > > > > (So it might be on FAQ, I looked but could not find it. But that > > doesnot mean much.) > > > > 1 You need to edit one of the configuration files. Before you do > > that, close all OOo windows, and also make sure that the > > Quickstarter is closed, too. 2 Now, on your computer, search for the > > file "... \user\registry\data\org\openoffice\Office\Common.xcu " > > If you find more than one file named "Common.xcu", make sure it's > > in the path specified here. 3 In this file, look for the line: > > > > <node oor:name="History"> > > > > 4 Now, directly after this line, add the following lines: > > > > <prop oor:name="PickListSize" oor:type="xs:int"> > > <value>10</value> > > </prop> > > > > 5 Save. > > > > Once you've opened and closed the next file in OOo, the list of > > recently opened files will have grown by one line. Its maximum > > number of items will be the value you've specified; in the above > > example that's 10. end of quote > > > > I found 3 files, traced the path, used WordPad to do the changes as > > it is the text file. > > > > It worked. > > > > Chris > > > > > >>MUCHO thanks, just what I wanted! > >> > >>dave > >> > >>Joe Conner wrote: > >> > >>>Check out this link: > >>>http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=87718&package > >>>_ id=100070 > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>David Johanson wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> > >>>>G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 16:28 -0500, David Johanson wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>>>For the life of me I cannot find where you turn on the option of > >>>>>> having the file drop down list display the last files opened. > >>>>>>In the 1.1.2 I'm running at home the list displays the last 4 > >>>>>>files opened (I'd like to make it more like 8) and on my 1.1.3 > >>>>>>at work I get no files displayed. > >>>>>> > >>>>>>Can someone point me to the location that controls that info. > >>>>>> > >>> > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > . > > > > -- > David C. Johanson > Linux Counter # 116410 > Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 > > People who behold a phenomenon will often extend their thinking beyond > it; people who merely hear about the phenomenon will not be moved to > think at all. -- Goethe > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For > additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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