Starting Open Office Calc

JJJoseph · Power User Joined: 25 Sep 2005 Posts: 81

When using OpenOffice, it starts with OO Writer. If I don't want Writer, and instead want Calc, I must then activate Calc. This leaves Writer open, which much be closed afterward. This is irritating if I have to do this 20 times a day. How Can I open Calc directly?

hol.sten · Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:30 am Post subject: Re: Starting Open Office Calc

JJJoseph · Power User Joined: 25 Sep 2005 Posts: 81

Thanks for the reply. My OO (Windows 2000) installs only as "Open Office Program". It doesn't install with Calc or Write choices. The executable (soffice.exe) is in

"F:\Program Files\OpenOffice.org 2.0\program\"

But iit still starts its own way (Write mode); nothing I do to the icon proeprtieshas any effect.

If I cahnge the shortcust file name from "soffice.exe" to "soffice.exe -calc", Windows rejects it as "not a valid file name". "soffice - calc" gets the same result - zero!

Failing all of the above, I am able to do "Start > Run > soffice -calc", but it's a primitive workaround. I still think OO ought to be able to do better than this. Windows is no help, either.

peteh · Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 11:49 pm Post subject:

Try with the -calc outside the quotes(").
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Kaaredyret · Posted: Fri Mar 31, 2006 12:15 am Post subject:

Just make the shortcut point at scalc.exe instead of soffice.exe, you will find scalc.exe in the program directory together with soffice.exe and swriter.exe etc.

(OpenOffice 2 only though)
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JJJoseph · Power User Joined: 25 Sep 2005 Posts: 81

Thanks - it worked! Although it's now obvious to me, it would've taken me 12 months to figure this out unassisted.