On Mon, 2011-01-24 at 13:21 +0100, James Wilde wrote:
> 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
OK, now we know we are dealing with a Mac. This is a start. But
from this point, I am confused as to what you want. I logged into my Mac
to see if I could help. I clicked the System Preferences icon in the
Dock. I clicked on Accounts and then clicked the Login tab. I added OOo
so it would startup when I logged in again. I rebutted. When I logged
back into my OS X partition, OOo opened. What I got was two columns of
selections:
Text Document Drawing
Spreadsheet Database
Presentation Formula
Open Templates
There were also 4 icons at the bottom.
If you follow the instructions to change the default template,
clicking on the "Text Document" selection will open Writer using the
template you chose to be the default template. This seems to be what
Mike was thinking you wanted. I thought so too.
However, a simpler way is to click "Templates" instead of "Text
Document". Select the template you want to use, and click the "Open"
button. Writer will open using the template you have chosen. This way
you can open Writer with whatever template you want to use.
Now if you do not get with you Mac that I got with mine, I would
need more information as to what you got and how. A snapshot would
greatly help.
Dan
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