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| From | Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.comp.os.windows-11 |
| Subject | Re: Desktop Icon, please. |
| Date | 2025-05-05 14:10 -0600 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <vvb60j$182tg$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <vva4q5$a136$1@dont-email.me> <vva712$b9nr$1@dont-email.me> |
On 5/5/2025 5:22 AM, knuttle wrote: > On 05/05/2025 6:44 AM, Daniel70 wrote: >> As I dual-boot Windows (Win11, in this case) and Linux, and (as far as >> I know) you can't get MSOffice for Linux, my preference is to use >> Libreoffice on both OSs. >> >> I've downloaded Libreoffice and installed it onto my SSD .... but how >> do I get a Desktop icon to start it. >> >> Not a 'Start' menu link but an actual icon on my Desktop?? Which of >> the 'programs' in the Windows (C:)\Program Files\libreoffice\program >> directory do I want to connect to?? >> >> (Note in that folder, there is a file called 'desktophelper.txt' which >> contains "# File used for desktop link" ... and that's it. Real >> Helpful. ;-) ) >> >> TIA > I just downloaded LibreOffice for windows 11. After the install was > complete, there was a group icon that when clicked gave assess to all of > the LibreOffice modules. > > Once loaded, I could go into the Windows 11 start menu and scroll down > the list of all applications. When the LibreOffice modules I wanted were > found, I could copy them to the desktop as a short cut. > > I placed them on the toolbar, so I use "More" from the right click > popup, to add them to the task bar. > > I am setting up a new computer, fought for nearly a week to get the > computer to access other LAN resources, but gave up when trying to get > access to the Church's subscription to MS 365. I could not afford > another week of hassle, as I needed the computer. I am not the > subscription own, but a user. It was just not worth the hassle of > jumping through the hoops to get access. > > I had never used LibreOffice before, but loaded it because it was not > Microsoft. Once I started using it, I no longer had to fight the > ribbon menu, having to search for everything I wanted to do. What > really got frustrated me, was with the search, they did not tell you > where the functions was but activated the function. Try "C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\program\soffice.exe" -- Jeff Barnett
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Desktop Icon, please. Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-05-05 20:44 +1000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. knuttle <keith_nuttle@yahoo.com> - 2025-05-05 07:22 -0400
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Jeff Barnett <jbb@notatt.com> - 2025-05-05 14:10 -0600
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-05-05 08:10 -0400
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-05-05 23:01 +1000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-05-05 23:08 +1000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-05-05 19:02 +0200
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-05-06 19:57 +1000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Graham J <nobody@nowhere.co.uk> - 2025-05-05 14:22 +0100
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-05-06 20:04 +1000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-05-05 14:37 +0100
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-05-05 12:30 -0400
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-05-05 12:40 -0400
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-05-06 20:14 +1000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-05-06 14:05 +0000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-05-06 11:29 -0500
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-05-06 17:19 +0000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-05-06 20:09 -0500
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-05-07 13:29 +0000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-05-07 06:08 -0400
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-05-07 23:56 +1000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-05-05 19:01 +0200
Re: Desktop Icon, please. VanguardLH <V@nguard.LH> - 2025-05-05 12:35 -0500
Re: Desktop Icon, please. "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-05-05 19:45 +0200
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-05-06 20:22 +1000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-05-06 07:52 -0400
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Daniel70 <daniel47@eternal-september.org> - 2025-05-06 21:59 +1000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-05-06 11:14 -0400
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-05-06 15:49 +0000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2025-05-06 17:08 +0100
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-05-06 17:26 +0000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Frank Slootweg <this@ddress.is.invalid> - 2025-05-06 14:34 +0000
Re: Desktop Icon, please. wasbit <wasbit@REMOVEhotmail.com> - 2025-05-07 10:02 +0100
Re: Desktop Icon, please. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-08 22:51 -0400
Re: Desktop Icon, please. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-08 22:53 -0400
Re: Desktop Icon, please. "s|b" <me@privacy.invalid> - 2025-05-09 13:25 +0200
Re: Desktop Icon, please. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-16 20:46 -0400
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-05-16 22:20 -0400
Re: Desktop Icon, please. micky <NONONOmisc07@fmguy.com> - 2025-05-17 08:36 -0400
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2025-05-17 15:06 -0400
Re: Desktop Icon, please. Newyana2 <newyana@invalid.nospam> - 2025-05-09 07:29 -0400
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