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Is there any way to start any of the individual Libre Office applications so that you don't automatically go back to the Application Menu when you close a document? For example, I open a writer document, edit it, and then close it and remain in the writer application.
Thanks.
Roger Stein
Roger Stein wrote:
Is there any way to start any of the individual Libre Office
applications so that you don't automatically go back to the Application
Menu when you close a document? For example, I open a writer document,
edit it, and then close it and remain in the writer application.Thanks.
Roger Stein
On the upper right end of the top Menu Bar is an X box, click that and Writer will close and leave you in the Start screen. The Start/Splash is the same screen you get if you start soffice instead of one of the programs.
HTH
Yes indeed. However, if I understand correctly the question, Roger wants to know if there is a way to keep a standard Write window open, but with a grey work zone, just like what happens with Microsoft Windows.
To that, I'll say NO. I would add that most (all?) modules of LibreOffice are more tightly integrated than those of Microsoft Office, so no time or resources are "wasted" by loading the start screen.
But in MS Word, when one closes the last open document, the grey screen is not a new document that you can start typing in - it's just background. You still have to click on File/New or File/Open. Personally I also found the Start screen (where one can choose a type of document or open a template) a bit of a nuisance. Someone reported on a way to skip that screen both at start-up and on closing a document back in the days before LibO, and I implemented it, and carried my profile over to LibO, so it works that way. LibO now starts directly into a Writer doc (NOTE: I do NOT have a script that calls LibO with a parameter). I'm not sure whether it was in the preferences, or somewhere in the menu system that this setting was found, but it was well-hidden.
Unfortunately, I have forgotten how it was done, and I haven't yet been able to find the original references to it by searching the archives at OOo.
If anyone sees this and remembers, please let me know. It will also help the OP.
//James
Find the writer executable, create a shortcut to it (place it where you wish it to appear) and that shortcut will open writer direct and when you close writer it is closed completely.
Michel,
Thank you for translating my probably poorly-worded request. That is exactly what I was asking. I haven't seen anything go back to the main menu like Open Office and Libre Office in at least 20 years. Normally when I open an application, particularly a word processor, its because I need to work on several documents in that application and gpoing back to main menu can be a nuisance. I may see if I can request that feature.
Many thanks.
Roger Stein
If I'm doing this, I open the second document before closing the first.
I usually end up with a large nunber of open documents, and only close them
when I've completely finished with them! A click on the Open or New icon in
the toolbar is all it takes.
Bill
It is an extension. "DisableStartModule.oxt 0.0.1".
(available at http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=90815 )
Larry
That extension works great on my mac, just what I was looking for.
steve
Right! I've got that extension installed. Thanks Larry. Now I'll file this email somewhere safe so I won't forget it again. Probably somewhere so safe I'll never find it again.
//James
That extension works great on my mac, just what I was looking for.
steve
...
The suggested extension looks to have taken care of what you were
looking for. It may also be of interest to you/others to know what
startup options are available via the command line. To see the startup
options enter:
$ /opt/libreoffice/program/soffice -?
That will produce:
Only of interest to Linux users. Most of the posts in this thread are by Windows or Mac users.
Larry
And I think on a mac you can only pass a file address but not parameters
to the .app
steve
Sorry to hear that ("Most of the posts in this thread are by Windows or
Mac users.").
No... you can do the same in Windows. Open a terminal (Command Prompt)
and enter:
"C:\Program Files\LibreOffice 3\program\soffice.exe" -?
The 'Help Message' pops right up in a separate window.
I reckon that you can do the same on a Mac - why don't you give it a try
and let us know?
Screenshot from WinXP (same in Win7):
http://img20.imageshack.us/f/screenshot5gt.png/
[click on the image to enlarge]
And of course if I use:
"C:\Program Files\LibreOffice 3\program\soffice.exe" -swriter
or
"C:\Program Files\LibreOffice 3\program\swriter"
it brings up Writer.
Back to you Larry.
[ From users@libreoffice.org (NoOp) on Friday, March 25, 2011 ]
I reckon that you can do the same on a Mac - why don't you give it a try
and let us know?
Unless Apple has done something very weird*, I'd guess it would work. OS/X is, after all, BSD unix underneath, right? But, I don't have a Mac handy to confirm.
* always possible 
Screenshot from WinXP (same in Win7):
http://img20.imageshack.us/f/screenshot5gt.png/
[click on the image to enlarge]
Just do you know, I went there and AVG threw up a virus warning. FWIW.
[ From users@libreoffice.org (NoOp) on Friday, March 25, 2011 ]
I reckon that you can do the same on a Mac - why don't you give it a try
and let us know?Unless Apple has done something very weird*, I'd guess it would work. OS/X is, after all, BSD unix underneath, right? But, I don't have a Mac handy to confirm.
* always possible
Of course it's possible.
Screenshot from WinXP (same in Win7):
http://img20.imageshack.us/f/screenshot5gt.png/
[click on the image to enlarge]Just do you know, I went there and AVG threw up a virus warning. FWIW.
Dump AVG.
[ From users@libreoffice.org (NoOp) on Friday, March 25, 2011 ]
Dump AVG.
But why? It's been more than good for many years and besides when I tried Zone Alarm (for the second time) last year, it reliably caused repeatable issues elsewhere. I'm running AVG for AV, anti spam and FW. Works OK for me. Look at the bright side: I could have written "Norton"!
Why back to me? I don't use the command line. I gave previously gave a link to a site that had Command Line OpenOffice.org Launchers so someone could modify them for LibreOffice. Here is the link once again.
http://stuporglue.org/openoffice-org-aqua-rocks/
Larry
