John Jason Jordan wrote: > 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. >
I don't start at the Welcome screen either. If I start Writer, and then click on the document X, that document closes and I'm left at the Welcome screen. I verified this also works with Windows XP. -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
