On Sat, 28 Mar 2009 08:57:04 +1200 Came this utterance formulated by Michael Adams to my mailbox:
> On Thu, 26 Mar 2009 18:50:00 -0400 > Came this utterance formulated by Ugly Me to my mailbox: > > > How do you view help files outside of OOo? As with a few other open > > source programs I have used, it uses some bizarre help format that > > is totally incompatible with the standard .hlp/.cnt/.fts and > > .chm/.chw files that are easily viewed from the desktop or virtually > > any directory window by double clicking them. I find this quite > > useful when trying to look up a reference prior to using a program. > > This is, of course a standard in MS Windows - I don't know if > > there's a Linux/FreeBSD/Solaris equivalent. Anyhow if there's a way > > to view the help files it would be of great help to me - who knows? > > Maybe even to others. Thanks. > > Locate the soffice.exe file in the "Program Files" directory using > Windows Explorer. > Try from a command line:- > "C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 3.0\program\soffice.exe" -help > - The Path may vary with your version. > This should do what you want. > Sorry this brings up a small command line help message. > If it does, you can create a desktop icon by choosing one of the other > processes (like writer) from the Windows start menu "Start - (all) > programs- OpenOffice.org 3.0 - Writer". > Right click on this start menu entry and choose "Send to - Desktop > (create shortcut)". > Right click the new desktop icon and choose "Properties". > Edit the approprite property field to reflect our new command line > entry. > Click OK > Right click and "rename" the shortcut appropriately. > Test it still works > > WARNING: Untested, i'm running on linux. > > Some of the responses regarding hijacking have been a little over the > top and consequently the original intention of your post has been > sidetracked into yet another worthless discussion. It should have been > sufficient to give a small explanation of what hijacking is and why it > does not benefit anyone. > When i look at the mailing listguidelines, there is no requirement > about hijacking - other than the subheading "stay on topic". So i will > explain why it does not benefit either the list, the OP or hijacker. > > * Future searchability - many online archives will do a search by > subject, as a full body-text search is much longer to perform > (applies especially to moderate/high volume lists). If correctly > threaded then the search application only needs check the first post > in each thread for subject. Changed subjects will get missed. > > * It upsets people. Not so much because of the undesirability of > hijacking itself but because of the protracted flame wars that can > result. > > * It is a dis-service to the OP - s/he gets replies to their post > which > are totally off topic. In paticular, on this thread, nobody has > replied to Loren's original question, instead everyone has become > engrossed in the side issue (sorry Loren, i cannot help with your > question). > > * It will not benefit the hijacker - Many will have looked at the > original post, deciding if they can or cannot help and collapsed the > thread if they have no further interest in the thread - in which case > they do not see any future replies. The hijacker will then loose > valuable replies to the question because those that can help will not > see it. > > -- > Michael > > All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things > shall be well > > - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] -- Michael All shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well - Julian of Norwich 1342 - 1416 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
