On Monday 08 January 2007 10:13 am, Kevanf1 wrote:
> Hi there. I wonder if anybody can help me. having asked on my
> local LUG I have hit a brick wall with this question. Is it
> possible to open up Open Office Writer with no document or template
> ready loaded? Just a blank, grey page with a minimal toolbar at the
> top. I often want to open a specific template but not always the
> same one. I end up wasting resources by having the original blank
> - but ready to work in - page while I have to open a specific
> template to actually work in.
I am thinking that LUG stands for Linux User Group. If not, this
my answer will not help you very much.
I am using KDE for my desktop, so these steps are based upon that
fact.
1) Right click the OpenOffice.org icon and select properties.
2) Click the Application tab.
3) Click the Browse button which is to the right of the command line
location of the application being used. (It might be swriter.)
4) Browse to the location of soffice. (This is a script file and
should be located in the same folder as soffice.bin. It should be
listed just before soffice.bin.)
5) Click soffice to highligh it, and then click open. The location to
soffice will be listed in the Command line.
6) Click OK.
Now OOo should open without an untitled document.
I would also suggest you modify the Standard toolbar so that you
can have an icon for "New Documents from templates". Click the little
triangle at the end of the Standard toolbar. (This toolbar has the
Save icon in it.) A menu appears. Move the cursor over "Visible
Buttons, and a menu opens listing avaiable icons for this toolbar.
Select the "New Documents from templates" icon.
By clicking this icon, you can open the New Documents and
Templates window which you have probably been opening with
File > New > Documents and Templates.
Dan
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