2007/7/24, Sandoz, Autumn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
I just recently downloaded OpenOffice for my MacBook. I would like to know how
to create shortcuts on my desktop for each program individually. I have the
main OpenOffice Shortcut, but when it opens it goes directly to writer, and
from there you can access calc, impress,etc. I found where the images are for
the separate programs, but they won't open the programs. I would like to be
able to click on the writer icon and open writer, the calc icon and open calc,
etc. Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
Autumn
Dear Autumn
Access to the different parts of OpenOffice.org (besides Write) is a
bit of a nuisance under X11/Mac, and one aspect where the Mac version
differs from the Windows, Linux etc. versions. (The idea is that OOo
looks and works the same on all platforms... which in fact makes it a
bit too Windozy to my liking, but that's an aside...).
Things may improve one the native Aqua version of OOo is ready
(somewhere later this year), when we will be happy to throw X11 thru
the window (but we'll still need it for the Gimp and other free source
programs).
In the meantime, you could make a blank document in Calc, one in
Impress, one in Draw, etc., and put these in the Dock. You then click
on this doc to open the corresponding part of OOo. Each type of doc
has its own colour, so you'll be able to tell them apart. Moreover,
you can already start with the right template, or with a heading etc.
Maybe you can protect them against over-writing...
Not ideal, but HTH
--
Guy
using dutch OOo 2.2 RC 4 on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger
and dutch OOo 2.2 RC 4 on a G4 PPC Powerbook Tiger
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