I have just installed Libre Office on a new computer. On my old computer when I opened a document it opened at the point where I had been working. It is now opening at the start of the document. Is there a way to change this?
Have you filled in your personal details in Tools>Options, LibreOffice>User Data?
Caution, you didnât mention your OS. Under MacOS this configuration is accessible through the Preferences menu item.
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If you have entered identifying information and save in the native file format, this information is saved with the document as âlast edited byâ. âLast work positionâ is saved for each such identity, and when you open the document from a LibreOffice instance with the same identity active, opening should jump to the spot where you (or rather âsaid identityâ) made your last edit.
IOW, three conditions have to be met for this to work:
- Document must be saved to Open Document Format (odt for Writer, ods for Calc).
- You must have edited the document after entering identity info, and saved this edit.
- You must have the same identity info active when opening the document again.
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Thanks, itâs working now.
Also must
File â Properties⊠âș General â Apply User Data
be activated.
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Youâre supposed to mark the answer that solved the question as the solution, not your thank you.
None of this work for me. Never has.
I find it unbelievable that something so fundamental is made so convoluted & complex.
Why is it not the default action instead of jumping thru all these hoops.
Maybe a copy of MS Office is the solution.
Because we made it (1) so that it works for different people working on the same document - where one is the author who wants to go to the last editing place, while others are readers / reviewers, who do not want that; (2) so that it works for the author, even when they can open the document from different locations (e.g., from a different computer); and (3) so that #2 doesnât require you to login to an online service to get your locations with you (TDF is not an online service provider). These requirements dictate that we need to put the last point data into the document itself (#2 + #3), and discriminate if the user who opened the document is the (last) author or not (#1). But yes, for people who have no idea why was it done this way (and who, at the same time, believe they know everything about how it should actually be done), everything that doesnât fit their expectations is idiocy.
MS Office is an excellent software, with own quirks, own weaknesses, and own strengths. Using the software that fits you best is wise.
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If i open a document that is not âmineâ then it is best it opens at the start.
If i am writing/editing the document, for me, it should open where i was last. Where-ever that was.
I have as others have suggested, added first/last name/initials in the Options:User Data which does nothing and the document opens in the middle. Useless.
Seems i have ruffled your feathers and you have reverted to, in effect, disparaging name calling. Using the âwe made itâ this way smacks of MS mentality. They consistently seem to know better and what users want and how itâs done. The internet is full of MS users commenting & complaining but mostly it falls on deaf MS ears.
I am under the opinion that software is made for those using it. It seems i am not the only one wanting to open a working document at the last editing location. Other users (idiots?) also want this. So take note and assist us users and make a good piece of software better and more user friendly.
Thanks
Where? Do you have a reference? Or do you call my âfor people who âŠ, everything that doesnât fit their expectations is idiocyâ the name calling? It seemed to me, that I havenât called neither those people, nor others, anything âdisparagingâ. To the contrary, I mentioned that those people do not appreciate, that others could do something sensible, and they write things like âI find it unbelievable that something so fundamental is made so convoluted & complexâ. See: itâs not âI cannot understand why; please explainâ - itâs âI find it unbelievable - meaning I know itâs not anything that can be reasonable in any caseâ.
This is a bug - having nothing to do with âwhy is it done this wayâ, and generally with this topic about configuration. It is tdf#141586. Opening âin the middleâ shows that you have it configured properly (otherwise, it would open at the start), and it tries to do its job - unlike the original question, which is about the feature not configured at all. And so - you are in the wrong place (not mentioning, that both of your comments were posted as âsolutionsâ, which is unfortunate - but sighâŠ)
On a more positive note and hopefully helpful, i came across a setting in Writer âRestore Editing Viewâ.
I added it to the File drop-down menu and also managed to add it to the Toolbar (on the extreme LHS).
So now when i open a document, i simply click Restore Editing View and presto, it reverts to where i last was editing.
If this action could be assigned to the Properties of a particular document, it would be perfect and most appreciated by me & others.
Possibly, assigning Restore Editing View as a documents property, this may be a work-around for this bug.
cheers
âRestore editing viewâ is exactly the action that is performed when you open a document where your name is the last editorâs name, automatically. It fails, though, at that moment - because at that moment, the layout is not finished yet. Basically, itâs already true that âthis action [is] assigned to the Properties of a particular documentâ, just thatâs not enough, it needs to be done either much later, when all layout is done (which is when you do manually), or implemented differently.
Thereâs also a pre-defined keyboard combination for that: Shift+F5.
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I knew about the Shift + F5. Clicking Restore Editing View that is now in the Toolbar is easier for me.
Itâs a bummer the restore does not work automatically as it should if set up to do so.
First world problem 