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# General

Specifies the general settings for LibreOffice.

To access this command...

Choose LibreOffice - PreferencesTools - Options - LibreOffice - General.

## Help

Specifies the behaviour of the installed help.

### Extended tips

Displays a help text when you rest the cursor on an icon, a menu command, or a control on a dialogue.

## Document status

### Printing sets "document modified" status

Specifies whether the printing of the document counts as a modification. When this option is marked, the very next time the document is closed you are asked if the changes should be saved. The print date is then entered in the document properties as a change.

## Year (two digits)

Defines a date range, within which the system recognises a two-digit year.

In LibreOffice, years are indicated by four digits, so that the difference between 1/1/99 and 1/1/01 is two years. This Year (two digits) setting allows the user to define the years in which two-digit dates are added to 2000. To illustrate, if you specify a date of 1/1/30 or later, the entry "1/1/20" is recognised as 1/1/2020 instead of 1/1/1920.

## Help Improve LibreOffice

### Send crash reports to The Document Foundation

Send crash reports to help developers improve the software’s reliability. Whenever LibreOffice crashes, you can opt to send reports containing certain debugging information, useful to help track down the cause of the bug and fix it eventually.

## LibreOffice Quickstarter

### Load LibreOffice during system start-up

If enabled, loads LibreOffice into memory when the computer is booted, or when LibreOffice is restarted. When loaded, it reduces the time for opening LibreOffice. An icon is also added to the system tray. Right-click on the icon to show a menu for opening new or existing documents, and for stopping the quickstarter.

## LibreOffice File Associations

### Windows Default Apps

Call Windows file associations management. This button behaves according to Microsoft file association management policy, which is to open "Default apps" on Windows 7, 8, and 8.1; and to show a message telling user how to open that applet manually in Windows 10.