Saving Window sizing

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#1

Hello. How do I save a window size in LibreOffice (LO)?

I try resizing and saving the document and closing and restarting LO,
but when I open the document it has reverted to the original small size.
I then tried creating a new document, saving it as a template, making it
the default template, but still no joy, the window opens in the original
small size.

Thanks in advance,
Cheers,
Andy

#2

Hi :slight_smile:
I think this has more to do with which Desktop Environment you are using rather than the individual app.  So, are you using Windows, Mac, Bsd or a GNu&Linux?  If Gnu&linux then do you know which DE?  Gnome, KDE and LxDE are popular ones at the moment. 
Regards from
Tom :slight_smile:

#3

Hi, thank you for your reply.

I am under Linux openSUSE 11.4 with KDE 4.6.00.

I did some experimenting. The following is reproducible:

1. Open Document A (DocA). Resize it, e.g., Large (but not full screen).

2. Change its content and save it.

3. Close LO completely.

4. Open DocB. It opens to the last saved size of DocA, NOT the size in
which it was saved.

#4

Hi Andy,

Andy Lavarre wrote (23-09-11 18:22)

I am under Linux openSUSE 11.4 with KDE 4.6.00.

I did some experimenting. The following is reproducible:
[...]
The new file always opens to the size of the last previously
saved file, not its own size setting.

Thanks for the experiments.
What you write is consistent with what I know from Ubuntu and, as far as I remember (2 years), from Windows too.

What I was hoping to be able to do is have each document save its own
sizing. Is there any way to do that?

If it is part of the ODF specifications, it could be possible.
What I would expect, is that the windows size is written down somewhere in the current registrymodifications.xcu (user folder in user profile)

Regards,

#5

Cor, hi

If it is part of the ODF specifications, it could be possible.
What I would expect, is that the windows size is written down
somewhere in the current registrymodifications.xcu (user folder in
user profile)

I went looking for that sort of a file:

tm2t:~ # locate .xcu|less
tm2t:~ # locate .xcu|grep -i mod|less
tm2t:~ # locate .xcu|grep -i reg|less
tm2t:~ # locate .xcu|grep -i andy|less

There are a lot of .xcu's on the system, but none with a name resembling
"registry" or "modifications" and NONE in /home/andy/.libreoffice...

Yet another mystery of life to be solved in due course...

Thanks again, Andy

#6

Andy Lavarre wrote (23-09-11 20:20)

There are a lot of .xcu's on the system, but none with a name resembling
"registry" or "modifications" and NONE in /home/andy/.libreoffice...

Maybe in /home/andy/.config/libreoffice... ?

From OpenOffice.org 3.3, thus in every version of LibreOffice, registrymodifications.xcu is implemented to replace the older ../user/registry/ - tree of folders/files.

Yet another mystery of life to be solved in due course...

Let's hope so :wink:

#7

Maybe in /home/andy/.config/libreoffice... ?

Nope, nada for .xcu, reg, mod...
tm2t:~ # locate registry|less
tm2t:~ # locate registrymod|less
tm2t:~ # locate -i mod|grep -i regless
tm2t:~ # locate -i mod|grep -i reg|less
tm2t:~ # locate -i modifi|grep -i regist|less
tm2t:~ # locate -i modi|grep -i regist|less
tm2t:~ # locate -i modi|grep -i regis|less

From OpenOffice.org 3.3, thus in every version of LibreOffice,
registrymodifications.xcu is implemented to replace the older
../user/registry/ - tree of folders/files.

Hmmm. I am on:

    LibreOffice 3.3.1
    OOO330m19 (Build:8)
    tag libreoffice-3.3.1.2

*locate -i registry* shows the tree

    /usr/lib/libreoffice/basis3.3/share/registry

as well as a bunch of others, but no user tree and no
*registrymodifications.xcu* *anywhere.

I also tried

    *find -iname registrymodifications**

just in case, with zero results.

No biggie, I now know how to control it (Go to full screen before
closing LO), so that is good enough for now. Thanks for your help and ...

TGIF!

:slight_smile:

Cheers, Andy

Doo doo doo doo... Twilight zone - cognitive dissonance....

#8

$ locate registrymodifications.xcu
/home/<username>/.libreoffice/3/user/registrymodifications.xcu
/home/<username/.libreoffice3.4/3/user/registrymodifications.xcu
/home/<username/.ooo-dev/3/user/registrymodifications.xcu
/home/<username/.openoffice.org/3/user/registrymodifications.xcu
/home/<username/.openoffice.org3/3/user/registrymodifications.xcu

As you can see I have multiple versions of LO and OOo installed with
different profiles. However each of them have an
'registrymodifications.xcu' file.
...

#9

Maybe it's the version, mine is 3.3.1, not 3.4...

#10

Andy Lavarre wrote (24-09-11 16:12)

Maybe it's the version, mine is 3.3.1, not 3.4...

I do have it in the 331 user profile:
   ~/.libreoffice/331rc2/user/registrymodifications.xcu

Maybe the distribution you use?
In any case, I don't think it will help you that much with your initial question. So bothering too much .. I would not do that :wink:

#11

I had the same need. While customizing the program I went into TOOLS,
OPTIONS, GENERAL and a few other locations and adjusted a few tabs, not
specific to window maximising, but now my program opens with maximised
window. I have no idea which part of what I clicked and unclicked did the
trick but the fix is probably in there somewhere. I did turn the EXTENDED
TIPS on and a while later when hovering and the tips were bugging me I
turned it off and I also went into LOAD/SAVE, GENERAL and did some clicking.
If you discover what it is that causes the window to open maximised, I'd
appreciate the info for future use: garrymo123@yahoo.com