Document Opening Questions

[KevinM]

I am new to LO, so forgive me if this is answered elsewhere…just point me to it (I couldn’t find anything on topic via search). To start, I have LO installed on MacOS 26.3.1 (Tahoe) and have LO 26.2.1.2 (AARCH64) installed, and similar version of LO installed on Windows 11. So far, I have been working exclusively from the MacOS installation.

First, is there a setting where I can have the Recent Documents pane show the documents in list format rather than as “bloated” icons? This is a setting common to both operating systems and all other similar applications I have used on both platforms, most notably MS Office.

Second, is there a setting I can make that will re-open a previously saved document (.ODT or .ODS) in the same configuration as when it was last saved? By that, I mean that the window dimensions are the same…it’s a pain in the arse to have to resize the window every time I re-open a document.

Thanks in advance for your help!

[fpy]

@KevinM

Recent

→ Recent Documents

@KevinM

same

→ Writer window sizing

[ajlittoz]

@KevinM

is there a setting where I can have the Recent Documents pane show the documents in list format

Don’t launch LO from a generic icon. Use one which is associated with the Writer component so that LO opens in Writer. Then you have a submenu File>Recent Documents where the recently opened Writer documents are listed. Same for spreadsheets if you open in Calc.

Alternatively, you can untick File>Recent Documents>Current Module Only to list all documents, no matter their type (Writer, Calc, Impress, …).