Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 45134
Add an open document command to the start menu
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:33:34 UTC
It would be nice, since we can't from the QS anymore, have a command added to the start menu that just opens a document. Currently a user has to open a new blank document, then open the document they want close the new one. This cumbersome. This is a command that MS Office installs as well, so it is not unheard of. Thanks.
sounds good
While it would be nice to have this option as a last-ditch fall-back position, I'd rather not have to fall back at all. My only reservation about voting for this is that it might detract from what I consider the more important issue. I am adamant about the quickstart option both for practical and philosophical reasons. Gerry
While I understand your concern. This issue, I would imagine, will happen a lot sooner than the other one. In fact, if someone would just tell me how to do it, I would install it myself on my machine. Is it 'soffice.exe %1'? Thanks.
I'm just a user, not developer, but looking at the "open document"-symbol in OOo 1.1.2 I found out, that [my_OOo_path]/program/soffice.exe .uno:Open opens the "open document"-window even if you use it in OOo 1.9.79 (=beta). For myself I created a link in my quicklaunch area (Win98SE), but this is only a workaround. Much better would be to get back the icon in the quickstarter - and in the Startmenu too !
Hi Baernie, thanks for pointig it out. I noticed that ~$ soffice .uno:Open works for me on linux. Someone can do a very simple script to open it :) Adding this entry to an existing menu shouldn't be hard to do. If you read the spec you will see that one of the ideas for 3.0 is to use icons in the quicklaunch area, grouped togheter. :( Look at the posts at the beggining of the issue 30853. Ah, you can add that icon in the start menu, and will miss just it in the quickstart (I prefer in the quicklaunch, as I'll waste less time walking throw windows menus).
@baernie -- Great find! I put **"C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org\1.9.87\program\soffice.exe" .uno:Open** in a new shortcut and it worked. My question for the developers, if they are watching, is what program do the shortcuts in Windows for the new OOo point to. The only info in in the shortcut properties is **"C:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org\1.9.87\program\"**, but it neer lists what executable it points to. Does it point to soffice.exe or swriter.exe? Thanks.
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