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hidden files displayed in Open Office file manager

Asked by Jim Walsh

When use the Open File command, my file list contains "hidden files" (those with a dot preceding the name). This is a nuisance. How can I turn this off?

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Best Danny Staple (danny-orionrobots) said : 		#1

There is a context menu on the file list inside the dialog. This context menu has an option "Show Hidden Files". The option persists between dialog summons, so you probably want to disable it from there.

* File->Open
* Right click in file list (right pane)
* Click "Show Hidden Files" to toggle the setting to off.

(Note this only applies if you have the option "Use OpenOffice.org dialogs" turned off under the general page in the settings).

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Jim Walsh (jim-walsh-iii) said : 		#2

Excellent. Appears to be something I should have intuitively found.

Thanks for the help.