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How to make OpenOffice run faster in Ubuntu
Here we will discuss the procedure to be followed for making OpenOffice run faster in Ubuntu.
Some simple steps make OpenOffice snappier.
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Go to Applications > Office > OpenOffice.org Word Processor
- The OpenOffice.org Word Processor is launched. Go to the Tools menu and select Options.
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The Options window is opened.
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Highlight Memory on the left panel, change the setting as shown below.
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Reduce the number of Undo steps to a figure lower than 100. Adelstein suggests 20 or 30 steps.
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Under Graphics cache, set Use for OpenOffice.org to 128 MB (up from the original 6MB).
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Set Memory per object to 20MB (up from the default .5MB).
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Set the number of objects under Cache for inserted objects at 20.
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Check OpenOffice.org Quickstarter.
- Now highlight Java on the left panel, uncheck Use a Java runtime environment
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Click the OK button and close OpenOffice.org. Start it up again to experience the change in speed!
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- Posted by: chrisrindone_9650 at 21 Jun 14:07 permalinkAwesome! Thank you!!!!!!
- Reduce the number of Undo steps to a figure lower than 100. Adelstein suggests 20 or 30 steps.
Under Graphics cache, set Use for OpenOffice.org to 128 MB (up from the original 6MB).
Set Memory per object to 20MB (up from the default .5MB).
Set the number of objects under Cache for inserted objects at 20.
Check OpenOffice.org Quickstarter.
Now highlight Java on the left panel, uncheck Use a Java runtime environment
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Open Office sucks. - Posted by: robbneu_5610 at 22 Jun 05:23 permalinkWow! That makes a big difference in OS X. Thanks for taking the time to post this!
- Posted by: laserlife_451 at 24 Jun 16:25 permalinkwow thanks heeps for this
i don't use Open Office i use Neo Office its a clone but you dont have to use x11 and these tips worked grate
thank you very much - Posted by: jrev1391_7388 at 30 Jun 04:35 permalinkreally good ! even works with the latest issue...
it should be configured by default ! - Posted by: golwalkar.rohan_2075 at 06 Jul 03:11 permalinkWow just rocking, a very useful tip , it opens in a flash now, :)
- Posted by: benziiph_2232 at 05 Sep 07:29 permalinkthanx for the article. this really helps me. keep rockin
- Posted by: lsteinberg_5502 at 02 Nov 12:58 permalinkI definitely like when applications run faster but what determined the bump in memory settings, here? What should the overall RAM on the machine be to allocate 128MB to the graphics cache?
- Posted by: putrakelana1986_9078 at 17 Jan 17:44 permalinki want to know how to install an operate LINUX OS??
I got difficult to do it
please tell me
thanks a lot!!!
by Phurnomo, MA_Hid. Syubban, semarang -indonesian - Posted by: putrakelana1986_9078 at 17 Jan 17:44 permalinki want to know how to install an operate LINUX OS??
I got difficult to do it
please tell me
thanks a lot!!!
by Phurnomo, MA_Hid. Syubban, semarang -indonesian - Posted by: blackstout_5739 at 13 Feb 14:52 permalinkMy OO writer is still running slow, I had a lot of fonts on my Ubuntu 7.10 and it keep Writer running slowly... I cant do any copy operation using the right button of the mouse because it takes something like 5 minutes!!! Can anyone help me ?
- Posted by: ajsdlsfdj_586 at 23 Feb 12:01 permalinkYou can either simply highlight text (no need to press 'copy' in Ubuntu), and do a Ctrl+V or Shift+Ins to paste - no need to use mouse buttons.
Alternatively, you may have better luck with AbiWord instead of OOo... its lighter and quicker, but not quite as feature-rich. YMMV
- i suggest a real method to increase performance of OpenOffice. the oly way out is DOCK TO TRAY. by using kdocker or alltray.
there is a difficulty. in manual mode (when you by using mouse indicates window) kdocker succesfully kick openoffice window to tray . but through command line it did not work by default. the solution is to define window ID of opened OpenOffice window and transfer it to kdocker.
here is script that you need put in $HOME/.kde/Autostart/office-to-tray.sh
#!/bin/bash
/opt/openoffice.org2.4/program/scalc -norestore &
sleep 15
/usr/local/bin/kdocker -w `/usr/X11R6/bin/xwininfo -root -children -tree | /bin/grep "OpenOffice.org Calc" | awk '{ print $1 }'` &
/opt/openoffice.org2.4/program/swriter -norestore $HOME/.1.doc
sleep 5
/usr/local/bin/kdocker -w `/usr/X11R6/bin/xwininfo -root -children -tree | /bin/grep ".1 - OpenOffice.org Writer" | awk '{ print $1 }'` &
and you need put small simple .1.doc file to $HOME.
the result: celeron 1800,512Mb,FC4,icewm , xls file 450kb open for 4 seconds! - Posted by: dfskjhdskj_1967 at 31 Jan 01:03 permalinkAre you kidding??? This sounds more like "how to marginally speed up open office, while bringing the rest of your system to a screaming halt, even when open office isn't running!"
Jeeesus.
You people need to understand what these options mean before you go blindly following this guide. - The changes suggested above did not lead to a significant improvement with my OO Impress 3.0 (Kubuntu Jaunty).
I solved the performance problem by installing Open Office 3.1 as described at http://webupd8.blogspot.com/2009/05/install-openoffice-31-in-ubuntu-jaunty.html
OO Impress is now *much* faster and really very usable. I also noticed some other bugs vanishing, in particular a crash that occurred reproducably when opening a certain file. - Posted by: bmhancock_4410 at 27 Oct 16:29 permalinkExcellent instructions on simple configuration of memory in OpenOffice. Thank you.
