Operation Manual

Figure 13: Remote Files dialog when connected to a server
Renaming and deleting files
You can rename or delete files within the LibreOffice dialogs, just as you can in a file manager.
Select a file and then right click to open a context menu. Select either Delete or Rename, as
appropriate. However, you cannot copy or paste files within the dialogs.
Choosing Open and Save As dialogs
You can choose whether to use the LibreOffice Open and Save As dialogs or the ones provided by
your operating system. This book uses the LibreOffice dialogs in illustrations.
If you use your computer system’s dialogs, you can move files only to and from mounted file
systems on the local computer. To provide additional opportunities such as working with cloud or
remote servers, and searching by versions, switch to using LibreOffice dialogs. Go to Tools >
Options > LibreOffice > General and select or deselect the option Use LibreOffice dialogs.
An example of a LibreOffice dialog is shown in Figure 10 on page 28. The three icons in the top
right of these dialogs are as follows:
• Server – the File Services dialog opens, where you can connect to a network server if the
file you want is not located on your computer.
• Up One Level – moves up one folder in the folder hierarchy. Click and hold the mouse
button on this icon to display a drop down a list of higher level folders. Move the cursor over
a higher level folder and release the mouse button to navigate to that folder
• Create New Folder – creates a new sub-folder in the folder that is displayed in the dialog.
Use the File type field to specify the type of file to be opened or the format of the file to be saved.
The Read-only option on the Open dialog opens the file for reading and printing only. Most of the
icons and most menu options are disabled on the toolbars. The Edit File icon becomes active on
the Standard toolbar. Click on this icon to open the file for editing.
The Places pane in the dialog displays the shortcuts to folders and file services you bookmarked.
This lets you quickly navigate to the target folder or remote server. To add a place, navigate to the
folder where your document is located and click the + button. The name of the folder will show in
the Places pane. To remove a folder from the Places pane, click its name and then click the -
button.
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