On Jan 24, 2011, at 13:07 , Mike Scott wrote: > On 24/01/11 09:54, James Wilde wrote: >> >> On Jan 24, 2011, at 09:56 , Mike Scott wrote: >> >>> On 24/01/11 08:36, James Wilde wrote: >>>> OSX 10.6.6 OOo 3.2.1 >>>> >>>> I'm sorry, I can't find this. Maybe I'm using the wrong search term. >>>> >>>> There was a thread in here once on how to make OOo start up in a chosen >>>> application, in my case Writer, and with a default document template. I >>>> made that change but forgot to save the thread in my little folder of >>>> useful OOo tips. Now I want to change the template which is used at >>>> startup. I don't have one called simply Default which I could copy my >>>> chosen template over. >>>> >>>> How do I do this? I promise to save the tip this time. >>> >>> This, I /think/: >>> >>> File | New | Templates and Documents >>> Organise >>> >>> Navigate to the one you want to use >>> >>> Commands | Set as Default Template >>> >> Good try, Mike, but no cigar. When OOo starts it's still the original >> document that comes up. I recognize it since it has a header, and the one I >> want to use and selected as default does not. > > No great loss there, I don't smoke :-) > > But I /did/ try that exact recipe as I wrote the reply. And it /did/ work - > instead of a blank document, File | New gave my letterhead template after I'd > done that. I must admit I assumed that starting Writer did an implicit > 'File|New'. But checking, it does behave that way, at least for me (ubuntu > 10.04/OOo3.2.0 from the ub repositories) > > (I do see there's a File|Templates menu item btw, shortcuts some of the above)
I see where you're coming from, Mike. It sounds as though you have OOo set to start up on boot. On the Mac there is no such option, and to save long startup times when I click on the OOo icon, I have it set to start up when the machine starts. At that point you can decide which kind of document you wish to be displayed by default, e.g. a Writer document, a Calc spreadsheet and so on, and I have opted for a Writer document - clearly a specific one. I now need to be able to change that. It sounds to me that what you are describing is what happens when you click on File/New/Writer //James
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