On Tue, 2005-03-29 at 11:42 -0600, Jim Wagner wrote: > Peter Kupfer wrote: > > Jim Wagner wrote: > > > >> G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > >> > >>> On Mon, 2005-03-28 at 22:04 +0200, Martin Deppe wrote: > >>> > >>>> Sorry Joe, but WHERE is it specified? Actually it isn't! > >>>> > >>>> The file and location (for SuSE 9.2 OOo V1.1.3) is > >>>> $HOME/.ooo-1.1/user/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcu > >>>> > >>>> Cheers > >>>> Martin > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/various_topics/017.html seems > >>> clear to me. What is the problem. > >>> > >> > >> The problem for me is that on the link you say, > >> http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/various_topics/017.html , > >> they give an abbreviated form of the file-name, and in Windows > >> terminology as well(the slashes are backward.) > >> > >> "locate" shows me three files ending Common.xcu, two of which _could_ > >> be the one required. > >> > >> But then, I'm just a writer, with a smattering of Linux-knowledge, and > >> other people may know enough to make the right guesses first off. > >> > >> JimW > > > > > > The directory is still pretty clear. get to your OOo directory. > > > > Go through the directories in this order: > > user > > registry > > data > > org > > openoffice > > office > > > > then in that folder should be a common.xcu. > > > > Should be the same path no matter what OS. > > > > Can you find it? > > > > > I find two with that same sequence: > > /home/jimw/.openoffice/user/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcu > /home/jimw/OpenOffice.org1.1.4/user/registry/data/org/openoffice/Office/Common.xcu > > Starting with /user. of course, one of them is a hidden file > (/.openoffice) But without knowing that the one I really want is in the > OpenOffice file, which the link does not make clear, I was left confused. > > But you have just stated it's the OpenOffice file I want, which starts > me out right. > > Thanks >
Right. Which is why http://documentation.openoffice.org/faqs/various_topics/017.html recommends the macro. THat way you do not have to know. The macro works in 2.0bc and 1.1.4 so you can have different sizes of Picklists. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
