On 04/30/2008 05:32 PM, Helmut Wolf wrote: > Hi Everybody, maybe one of you can help me. > > A few days ago I stumbled somehow on a Open Office.org help topic on > a page which said: "Create a shortcut toolbar on the desktop". The > description worked very well and I enjoy this toolcar very much. > Howeverm when I tried to find this page again so I can make a > printout for future use I could not find it anymore. Can you help? > Helmut
I think what you might be refering to is how to add a Windows application shortcut icon to the desktop. This 'feature' is standard in Windows and can be used to add any shortcut icon to the desktop. In Windows: Select the "Start" button Select "Programs" Move your mouse to (in this case) OpenOffice.org 2.4 You will then see the OpenOffice.org (OOo) programs in a submenu. Right click on any one of them (OpenOffice.org Writer for example. You will then see a dropdown menu with: Open Send To > Cut Copy Create Shortcut Delete Rename Sort by Name Properties Most make the mistake of selecting "Create Shortcut". That only creates a shortcut in the Programs submenu. Instead, you need to select "Send To >" and then select "Desktop (create shortcut)". That will put a proper shortcut icon on your desktop for OOo Writer. You can then do the same for OOo Calc, Base, Impress, and Math and/or any other application in the "Programs" menu. Note: You have been cc'd on this reply as you have posted to an open OOo mailing list. Please see: http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html for details and how to subscribe or view the archives so that you may see responses from other OOo users. Please *only* reply to [email protected] replies back to my personal email address will be discarded. BTW: for others on the list that complain about the OOo icons not being created automatically on the desktop; I've just brought up a virtual Windows machine from scratch (Win2K) and installed MS Office Professional 97 on it. The only desktop MS Office icons created during that install were for Microsoft Outlook (not included in the older MS Office standard CD's). No icons were created for Word, Excel, etc. So the next time someone complains about OOo not creating desktop icons, you can tell them that MS Office (at least MS Office 97) doesn't either :-) --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
