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Neil Winchurst wrote: > 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 > Neil, What an improvement in opening speed.Thanks for that tip. John -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html