With a quick customization of the Standard Menu you have Icons for both
New OO Document, and New From Template.
And (banished to winbloze at the office) a right click on the Quickstart
Icon does give me choices that start a document automatically.
don
Couldn't help thinking that this is one of those instances where a slight
modification to OOo could result in a fairly large step forward in user
friendliness. Consider, for example, how much easier things would be
for new
users if, instead of opening the Writer programme and then proceeding to
File→New and then choosing from the options available - a procedure
which is
simple enough, but rather difficult to guess if one doesn't know it -
a user
could gain access to these latter through a hidden menu obtained by
right-clicking on the OOo icon on the desktop or the Quick Start tray. I
myself have no difficulties, as on my Ubuntu 6.10 set-up, when I do
Applications→Office all of the OOo apps are shown, but as most users
probably have a Windows OS installed, the procedure I outlined above
would
almost certainly be felt to be more «intuitive» (my guess is that
Michael
Epstein probably tried it before writing his letter). Not being a
developer,
I don't know if the technical obstacles to doing this are
insurmountable -
perhaps someone who is could advise ?...
Henri
2007/1/11, michael epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
god bless
a fast, clear and cogent answer
thanks so much
I was beginning to think I'd never figure it out on my own
michael
On Jan 9, 2007, at 9:08 PM, Dan Lewis wrote:
> Copy sent to OP
>
> On Tuesday 09 January 2007 6:55 pm, rob wrote:
>> Hi Michael
>>
>> We have this problem often. Here is the answer
>>
>> How do I open an application other than Write(Word Processor)?
>> Please open the Write application (Word Processor) as normal and
>> then use File > New and the options for the other parts like our
>> Spreadsheet and Database will be there.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Rob
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: michael epstein [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Sent: 09 January 2007 20:49
>> To: users@openoffice.org
>> Subject: [users] [moderated]
>>
>> how do I open other parts of open office
>> when I click on the desktop icon it goes right to the writing
>> program and i can't find the others
>> thanks
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