You may wish to have a look here where seb128 has set to "won't fix" (I won't dupe because once released you'll see many bugs such as this if this change remains
bug 1014876 For info sake - Atm you need to create a template in ~/Templates. Then the "Empty Document" option will appear though if you use a text/plain template you'll get 2 options for text/plain Best option for users is create an Open Office (odt) template so there is only 1 choice for the more commonly used "Empty Document" (Untitled Document - text/plain -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to nautilus in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1019802 Title: no "create new document" on menu Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: While carrying out testcase: http://testcases.qa.ubuntu.com/Hardware/CardReaders/Internal on Quantal Alpha 2 I tried to create a new empty document in my mini SD card, but I realized that the voice "create new document" while right clicking in nautilus on the window of my mini SD card is missing. I tried to create an empty document also on my desktop but the menu voice is missing also there. I'm attaching a screen shot it's an italian installation but you can see it's missing all the same. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10 Package: linux-image-3.5.0-2-generic 3.5.0-2.2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-2.2-generic 3.5.0-rc4 Uname: Linux 3.5.0-2-generic x86_64 AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.25. ApportVersion: 2.2.5-0ubuntu1 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: ALC270 Analog [ALC270 Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: letozaf 1775 F.... pulseaudio CRDA: country VN: (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20) (5170 - 5250 @ 40), (N/A, 20) (5250 - 5330 @ 40), (N/A, 20), DFS Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xd4400000 irq 44' Mixer name : 'Intel IbexPeak HDMI' Components : 'HDA:10ec0270,103c1425,00100100 HDA:80862804,80860101,00100000' Controls : 26 Simple ctrls : 12 Date: Sun Jul 1 16:44:10 2012 HibernationDevice: RESUME=UUID=bd9ecec1-a6ab-4a10-b29b-096f53cfc0dc InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Alpha amd64 (20120627) MachineType: Hewlett-Packard HP G62 Notebook PC ProcEnviron: TERM=xterm PATH=(custom, no user) LANG=it_IT.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcFB: 0 inteldrmfb ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.5.0-2-generic root=UUID=dcc9e3c1-018e-4923-b610-9f04a28dd820 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 RelatedPackageVersions: linux-restricted-modules-3.5.0-2-generic N/A linux-backports-modules-3.5.0-2-generic N/A linux-firmware 1.82 SourcePackage: linux UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 01/25/2010 dmi.bios.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.bios.version: F.06 dmi.board.asset.tag: Base Board Asset Tag dmi.board.name: 1425 dmi.board.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.board.version: 54.12 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: Hewlett-Packard dmi.chassis.version: N/A dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnHewlett-Packard:bvrF.06:bd01/25/2010:svnHewlett-Packard:pnHPG62NotebookPC:pvr049D100000202710000020000:rvnHewlett-Packard:rn1425:rvr54.12:cvnHewlett-Packard:ct10:cvrN/A: dmi.product.name: HP G62 Notebook PC dmi.product.version: 049D100000202710000020000 dmi.sys.vendor: Hewlett-Packard To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/1019802/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
