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Subject: [users] File --> Open Directory Problem
From: Bobby Sanders <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: OOo Users <[email protected]>
Date: Tue Feb 27 2007 01:13:12 GMT+0000 (GMT Standard Time)
Two or 3 weeks ago, executing File --> Open gave me an alphabetically
arranged list of files and directories. Then one day, for some strange
reason, this list was not sorted alphabetically by names. How can I get
my old sorting back?
Thanks in advance.
Bobby Sanders
Ubuntu 5.10 OOo 1.9.129
Click the icon at the right hand end of the row saying "Look in:". There
are three icons: a folder with an upwards pointing arrow, a folder with
a stylised asterisk and then the one you want. Now select "Details". The
list of files will change into a table with headings. Click the heading
named "Name". The list will sort by name, either ascending or
descending. Clicking the column heading again will reverse the sort
order. Clicking a different column heading will sort by that field. For
example, clicking the heading "Date Modified" will sort by date
modified; clicking it again will reverse the sort order. The direction
of sorting is shown by a little arrow within the column heading.
On Windows this is a system-wide interface; don't know about your window
manager.
OpenOffice forgets the above setting ("Details" under "Look in:") every
time you want to open a file. To have it remembered, go to
Tools>Options>General and select "Use OpenOffice.org dialogs". The same
rules apply re column headings.
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Harold Fuchs
London, England
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