Running Libre Office on a Linux Mint O.S., how do I make File Folders to be able to keep similar items together and put them into these folders such as letters , recipes and such things
I guess you would use specific templates of which derived documents/files automatically will be saved in specific folders?!
Please specify your query.
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This is an example from Windows, but it should work similarly in Linux:
File management - The Document Foundation Wiki
And LibreOffice normally uses preset folders:
Preventing data disaster - The Document Foundation Wiki
Well when I am typing out an recipes etc. I would like to put them in a file folder titled recipes and letters or other things in a folder with a specific name so I know which folder to look in for certain subjects etc.
instead of having 50 or a hundred or more things to scroll through to find a certain one .
and picture folders for certain subjects or areas etc.
Create a “Recipes” folder.
Then use “Save as...” instead of “Save” for the file and select the folder where you want to save.
For single users on Linux systems mostly there is a solution offered by the file manager (e.g. Caja for Mate GUI):
- Create your folders like recipies, correspondece, calculations, drawings etc.
- Create simple but pre-structured documents (similar to templates) like recipe.odt, BusinessLetter.odt, HouseholdBook.ods
- Copy these documents into the (automatically generated) templates folder of your home; the path is similar to (German) /home/username/Vorlagen - could be in English UI /home/username/Templates or /home/username/templates(?)
- After having copied the “template” files into that specific folder you may start your first recipe this way:
- Move with your file manager to the recipe folder
- click and hold on right hand mouse button → New Document → the “template” files display
- select the recipe.odt → a copy of the original file is placed in the recipe folder
- rename the recipe.odt (in the recipe folder) into a sensible way, say ApplePie.odt
- open ApplePie.odt and set in the content text(s) and/or image(s)
That’s it!
Additum
It is also possible to generate a folder or some folders (i.e. subfolder/s) in the /home/username/Templates folder. These and their contents (files) can be displayed by click and hold on right hand mouse button → New Document as well.
HTH
If you’re running LO with OS dialogs (see in Tools>Options, LibreOffice>General that Use LO dialogs is unticked), you can customise your open/save dialogs to provide shortcuts to your preferred directories.
There is a left-hand pane in these dialogs to display Places and Devices. Open one of the dialogs and point it onto your home folder. Drag and drop a directory over the Places section to add it there.
You can do this with any directory or subdirectory, e.g. directories nested inside other directories. Just point the dialog on the outer directory to add an inner one.
Drag and drop in the existing list allows you to reorder it.
At save time, you click on one of the listed directories to quickly access it and save your current document inside this directory (letters, recipes, invoices, …).
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