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Re: [LUG] Open Office

 

On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 17:45:34 +0100
george <georgeparker20@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> All my Open Office apps seem to be taking an age to open.  They start to open 
> then sit cogitating for 18 seconds, then spring to life.  About 23 seconds 
> seems to be the norm.  I know that OO is a bit bloated but this seems 
> excessive against Abiwords 3 seconds or less.  Am I alone in this?
> 
> I'm trying to be open and honest about Open Office's opening, but I have to 
> opine that there is an opening here to speed up this open souce application.  
> (Couldn't resist it)
> 
> George
> 
Having followed this thread for a while, I suddenly remembered
something that came up in an email from one of my other lists.

To make OO run faster 

Tools -> Options -> Memory then set up as under:-
No of steps = 20
Graphics Cache = 128 mb
Mem per object = 20 mb
Make sure that Quickstarter is checked

although I find that the last item does not stay checked.

I have done that in my version (2.0.4) and I find that it takes about 4
seconds to start for the first time each session. After that,
restarting is almost instantaneous.

Just a suggestion

Neil Winchurst

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