On Tue, 2007-02-27 at 01:43 +0000, Harold Fuchs wrote: > -------- Original Message -------- > 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 is no "Look in:" label when I do File --> Open, but there are 3 icons at the end of the label showing the current path. > There > are three icons: a folder with an upwards pointing arrow, a folder with > a stylised asterisk and then the one you want. These 3 icons exist on my system as explained above. However, the one without the upward pointing arrow and without the stylized asterisk simply takes you to your "home/path for documents as set in the Options." > Now select "Details". No "Details" listing to select. (All of the above differences are probably due to differences between the MS and Linux programs.) > 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. Ahhhh! But clicking on the column headings worked like a charm!! Apparently I had accidentally clicked on one of the columns (probably the date column) sometime previously and didn't notice the change immediately. > The direction > of sorting is shown by a little arrow within the column heading. No "little arrows" appear in my version, otherwise I think I would have picked it up. Many, many thanks for your prompt and effective help. > On Windows this is a system-wide interface; don't know about your window > manager. I think this is remembered in the Linux version. .... Again, Many, many thanks. Bobby Sanders --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
