Re: Abbreviation of File Names in File Menu
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- Subject: [mg98779] Re: Abbreviation of File Names in File Menu
- From: Bob F <deepyogurt at gmail.com>
- Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:52:38 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <gsc035$5oc$1@smc.vnet.net>
On Apr 18, 1:39 am, Hugh Goyder <h.g.d.goy... at cranfield.ac.uk> wrote: > In the drop down File Menu the penultimate block is a list of recently > used notebooks; 30 in my case because I have used the options > inspector to change NotebooksMenuHistoryLength. I like long notebook > names because it helps me to distinguish changes I have made. In > Version 7 these names are now given in an abbreviated form with the > first few characters, three dots (an ellipsis) and the last few > characters. This means that I can't reap the benefit of long file > names because the middle of the name is missing. I have plenty of > width across the screen so abbreviating is no help. > > Is it possible to prevent the file names being abbreviated.? > > Thanks > > Hugh Goyder I tried this on my Mac with version 7 and with a really long file name it didn't get abbreviated in the recent files list. What platform are you on (Windows, Linux, or ???). How long of filenames are you dealing with? -Bob