On Mon, 14 Feb 2005 00:04:13 -0400, Arthur Pemberton <dalive@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Arthur Pemberton wrote: > > > I just yumed my way to the latest FC3 release of OpenOffice > > (BTW...thanks to whoever fixed the paste bug). After yum was all done > > I went ahead and start Calc from the menu (I use KDE). Calc loaded > > very quickly ( I estimate that the splash screen lasted for only about > > 25% of it's previous times). However Calc loaded to this very scary > > screen. I used kSnapshot and uploaded the result: > > http://pembo13.dalive.com/snapshot-oocalc-1.1.3.png . Now normally, > > loading an OpenOffice program from the menu leads to a new document > > being opened up for the approprate app. So I had never before seen > > this screen. Having been in windows for awhile (3.1 to WinME) bad > > habits die slow, so I rebooted the machine. I know I don't have to > > reboot to implement an upgrade but still. Came back up, and got the > > same result. I decided to open a document, since the simple file menu > > in oocalc was active, and it open the file as normal. Was also able to > > open a new doc etc. > > > > But what I want to know is is thsi new behavior correct? It certainly > > isn't user friendly. I don't won't to go filing abug report prematurely. > > > > Thank you. > > > I just discovered that the ability to start a new instance by launching > a different OO app is gone. For example, before, if I had OO Writer > open, and then I launched OO Calc, it would. Now just places a button on > the taskbar for awhile, then dissappears, with no apperent effect; as if > I'd done nothig. Open a spreadsheet from the file menu in Writer, does > open a Calc interface with the approriate document however, as it should. > But now I think it is faster to open the Open office than before.
