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Re: [LUG] Open Office

 

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

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