On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 07:15:34 -0500 James Knott <[email protected]> dijo:
> Brian Barker wrote: > > At 22:24 14/12/2008 -0800, John Jason Jordan wrote: > >> In OOo 2.4.1 there was an X at the right top corner of the document > >> window as well as an X in the right top corner of the application > >> window. Clicking on the one in the document window closed the open > >> document leaving the application running. Or you could also close the > >> document window and leave the application running by going to File > > >> Close. > >> > >> In 3.0 the X in the document window is missing. There is still a File > >> > Close (as well as File > Exit), but clicking on File > Close is the > >> same as clicking on File > Exit; that is, it shuts down the > >> application. Also, you can go to Window > Close Window, which should > >> close the document window and leave the application running, but it > >> also closes the application. > >> > >> Is it a bug that File > Close exits the application? Or is this an > >> interface option that I can fix to make it the way it was in 2.4.1? > >> Or am I stuck with this? > > > > What you describe for 2.4.1 is exactly how 3.0 also works for me > > (under Windows XP). Note that "application" in this context means > > OpenOffice, not just Writer or Calc or whatever. So if you close your > > last spreadsheet but still have a text document open, for example, you > > may think that Calc has closed whereas the fact is that OpenOffice, in > > its guise of Writer, is still running. (Remember that OpenOffice - > > unlike some others - is an integrated suite, not a collection of > > separate applications.) > > > > You seem to be using Linux: does the Linux version work differently? > > If not, is it possible that you have a rogue instance of OpenOffice > > that has not terminated properly? I'm guessing here, but could that be > > confusing your system into thinking that OpenOffice is indeed still > > running? What happens if you restart your system? > I'm also running Linux. If I start Writer, I can close the document or > the entire application, depending on which "X" I click on. If I click on > the document X, I'm left at the "Welcome to OpenOffice.org" screen, > where I can create a new document. OK, there is part of the difference. I never start the Welcome screen. I just launch the app that I need, which is Writer 99% of the time. When I first tried 3.0 the Welcome screen came up and I instantly didn't like it. I know a lot of people wanted it for years, but it seemed pointless to me to have to click twice to launch Writer. Furthermore, there is a bug that makes Writer not know its last window size and position when you launch it from the Welcome screen, whereas it does launch in the same window size and position it was last in if you launch it directly. I should add one more problem that I forgot to mention. I prefer to have all the toolbars floating off to the side of the Writer window because it leaves more space in the document window for the document. If I have Writer running and I minimize it to the panel the toolbars remain on the desktop. Also, sometimes I can no longer restore the document window to the desktop. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
