This is all very well, but on my system (6.0.5.2 under Linux Mint 18.1) the settings icon does not work which means that I can get back to the default only by changing the Notebooktoolbar settings. Also the menubar is not shown by default - again this requires changes to the Notebooktoolbar settings.
Graham On Fri, 6 Jul 2018 at 09:24, M Henri Day <[email protected]> wrote: > Den tors 5 juli 2018 kl 14:39 skrev Philip Jackson < > [email protected]>: > > > I tried the Notebookbar after looking at the Fedora article. It worked > > just as advertised and I managed to return to default using the '3 small > > horizontal lines' icon on the rhs of the ribbon. I was using LO 6.0.0.2 > > (I think) > > > > I wasn't impressed by the Notebookbar - it seems to be variations on a > > theme started by MS some years ago and immediately followed by some > > other software houses just like it was the fashion of the day. The > > introduction of the ribbon by Avid Sibelius raised howls of protest from > > the veteran users of Sibelius - but that's just because we're mostly > > very conservative and don't like change. > > > > Yesterday, I upgraded LO to 6.0.5.2 and took the opportunity to recheck > > Notebookbar. Out of the 6 variants, the first 2 'Contextual Groups' and > > 'Contextual Simple' don't show the little icon. The next 2 variants, > > 'Tabbed' and 'Tabbed Compact' do show the icon. > > > > The last two, 'Grouped bar full' and 'Group bar compact' don't show the > > icon BUT they do have an item at the far right called 'Menu' which has a > > drop down which allows you to toggle on the Menu Bar - and to select > > the different variants of Notebookbar. > > > > The number of combinations seem to be numerous. I may have missed a > > combination but it seemed to me that although I could turn off the > > regular MenuBar in the Grouped Bar full and compact variants, it still > > appeared in the 2 tabbed variants. > > > > This ribbon seems good to pass away a few spare minutes. For a new user, > > it may provide something of interest but I think I'll stay with the old > > menu bar. > > > > Philip > > > <snip> > > Agree with Philip above about retaining the old toolbar layout - one could, > of course, learn the «ribbon», but why bother - especially when it is more > complicated to use and doesn't seem to provide any advantages. But I do > think it's worthwhile experimenting with and it's easy to get back to the > default toolbar layout, så long as the menubar is shown (which it is by > defautl ; if one doesn't see it in the ribbon view, click the settings icon > (the three horizontal lines) at the upper right and check the alternative)) > just click there on View → Toolbar Layout and choose Default.... > > Henri > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] > Problems? > https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
