Under my version of LO 5.0.2.2 (under Linux Mint 17.2 32 bit) I still have the choice between LO's dialogues and the system dialogues.
Graham On 10 October 2015 at 09:59, Mike Scott <v...@scottsonline.org.uk> wrote: > On 09/10/15 20:24, libreoffice-ml.mbou...@spamgourmet.com wrote: > >> Mike Scott wrote: >> >>> On 09/10/15 12:43, Malcolm Moore wrote: >>> ... >>> >>>> This is outstandingly horrible ! >>>> >>> >>> Yes. >>> >>> My summary for anyone in the same boat suffering from brain failure at >>>> the end of the week: >>>> >>> ..... >>> >>> It will then work for the duration of the session as A3 and Landscape >>>> are now selected ( but greyed out again ) >>>> Once you save it and open it again you have to start from the beginning. >>>> >>> >>> Not correct AFAICS. Unfortunately, changing print properties doesn't >>> seem to mark the file as needs-to-be-saved, so ^S does nothing (and >>> File|Save is greyed out). >>> >> >> That depends on the settings: >> - Tools > Options > LibreOffice > General > Printing sets "document >> modified" status >> and: >> - Tools > Options > LibreOffice > General > Allow to save document even >> when the document is not modified >> >> Tools > Options > Load/Save > General > Load printer settings with the >> document probably also affects whether previously saved printer settings >> are actually used next time the document is opened. >> >> Mark. >> >> >> > Hmmm. > > I think the problem here is one of obscurity. Too many options spread over > too many dialogues/tabs all affecting results, no obvious way to find > what's happening unless you "just know" to look there, and the help file > isn't very helpful. > > There's even inconsistency between programs. Try the following in each of > Writer and Impress. Create a new document and save it. Change the printer > via File|Print setting. Now look at menu choice File|Save. In Impress, it's > greyed out. In Writer, it's available. > > (Both options you mention above are unset in my system, btw.) > > > To add more annoyance, as part of trying to get my own brochure issue > sorted, I upgraded to 5.0.2.2. A minor upgrade, yet it's changed the file > load/save dialogues to LO's own. The option to revert to (my preference) > the system dialogues has apparently gone. The information at > > https://help.libreoffice.org/Common/Opening_Documents#System_File_Dialogs_or_LibreOffice_Dialogs > is clearly now wrong. It's not helpful to do this to the poor user!!! > > > -- > Mike Scott (unet2 <at> [deletethis] scottsonline.org.uk) > Harlow Essex England > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
