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Re: [LUG] Open Office

 

Thanks Neil, but it doesn't do anything for me.  And the Quickstarter is 
greyed out so unavailable.  A bit more googling is called for I think.

George

On Sunday 20 April 2008, 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



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