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| Author: | Skrunk =GCHQ= [ Mon Sep 01, 2008 3:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | An Idea/Question |
Right my desktop atm is quite minimalist and i'm using rocketdock for all my icons I've been using open office for around a year and i really liked you could just open that then choose to make a new Word, Excel or whatever file without having to run the seperate icon for each program so basically i had 1 icon instead of 3 or 4 Now i've *ahem* acquire the enterprise edition of Office 2007 and it doesnt have a nice launcher like open office did So i could just run a shortcut to the folder and give it a nice icon right? but i want something more purdddy, i dont want jus plain old file explorer to come up any ideas? |
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| Author: | SO19Firearms=GCHQ= [ Mon Sep 01, 2008 4:13 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: An Idea/Question |
I've got an old orifice program that uses an autohiding shortcutbar jobby. You can add what icons you like. (Sounds like offices version of rocketdock?) Any who there's a New Orifice document icon on it that opens a selection window. I'm guessing something similar will be there for you somewhere. |
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| Author: | Skrunk =GCHQ= [ Mon Sep 01, 2008 4:38 pm ] |
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Had a search around for it but to no avail : / I remember the office toolbar though, how do you get that to come up on your office? might give me a clue for this one... |
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| Author: | SO19Firearms=GCHQ= [ Mon Sep 01, 2008 4:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: An Idea/Question |
Skrunk =GCHQ= wrote: how do you get that to come up on your office? might give me a clue for this one... k, looks like they ditched it....  But, If you find the Start> Progs> Office> "New document" icon isn't letting you start any document you want try this maybe? |
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| Author: | Skrunk =GCHQ= [ Mon Sep 01, 2008 5:30 pm ] |
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aaah thats it  mans a genious  thanks mate 
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| Author: | LeBeourfCurtaine [ Mon Sep 01, 2008 8:14 pm ] |
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Why use MS Office when you've got OpenOffice...? 
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| Author: | elbow=GCHQ= [ Mon Sep 01, 2008 9:41 pm ] |
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because it's better/more widely supported? but also...I don't understand the problem - what's wrong with four shortcuts? with the template options you're going to have far more than four. if you know which program you want to launch, just launch it. may I point you in the direction of Launchy, a rather useful app for windows that renders the start menu and desktop worthless. gnumeric and latex do it for me
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| Author: | Skrunk =GCHQ= [ Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:23 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: An Idea/Question |
Aye i used open office for ages and Office 07 just looks nicer, format wise, easier to work with for me as its more familiar Naaah elbow with the Template thing i have just one icon on Rocket dock called "Office" which lets me create a new document in any office program i want as opposed to having word,excel etc etc icons on my nice lookin minimalist rocket dock as for launchy i find it more intuative and quick to just hover to top of my screen where the rocketdock pops up with all the programs i ever use rather than clickin on that launchy thing then typing what i want then clickin go Spose what works for me is hell for someone else, and vice versa EDIT: Jus had a play with launchy, i can see how you can grow for it to be natural, shouldnt have been so quick to dismiss it, good lil piece of software |
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| Author: | elbow=GCHQ= [ Tue Sep 02, 2008 8:35 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: An Idea/Question |
I use osx, which has an equivalent program called quicksilver, and I use the dock and the launcher together - the dock has all the really common programs, and everything else is on quicksilver, makes it a lot easier to hunt out odd apps. doesn't really solve your problem I know, but god damn it's the best third party windows app ever
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| Author: | gemma=GCHQ= [ Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:59 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: An Idea/Question |
I just use SL now. |
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