Filed under: Office, Productivity, OpenOffice.org, Open Source
How to speed up OpenOffice
The open source Microsoft Office alternative is great if you're looking for a low cost word processor, spreadsheet, and presentation application. But it takes so long to load up, especially if you don't enable the quick start application.
Here's how to cut down OpenOffice.org's startup time:
- Start OpenOffice (it doesn't matter which application you load, Calc, Impress, or Writer will all work)
- Click Tools>Options
- Select Java menu and uncheck "Use a Java runtime environment"
- Select the Memory Tab and change the following options:
- Number of steps: 30
- Use for Open Office: 128
- Memory per Object: 20
- Number of Objects: 20
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AsktheAdmin said 1:27PM on 8-18-2007
Awesome. Just what we were looking for! Thank you from your friends over @ http://www.askTheAdmin.com
We are really big fans of Open Office and are trying to push for a corporate move to it. Every little bit helps!
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alex said 6:25PM on 8-18-2007
WOW! Thanks a lot for this tip! I always thought that open office was great but it takes so much time to load. Now it's lightning fast!
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RedBeard said 9:51PM on 8-18-2007
This is a great tip. I have heard that disabling Java will make some parts of OpenOffice not work. I am going to test my usage without the Java and if I have no problems, that is perfect. If there is some problems, I will re-enable Java and see if my performance tanks or is at least a little bit better.
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Ralphl said 10:21AM on 8-20-2007
A useful tip, especially for Windows users.
However, I think you meant "an older computer with LESS than 1GB of RAM". Yep, I'm an editor, and I use OpenOffice on Ubuntu every day. ;)
For a funny typo, see my post @
http://themanual.ca/blog/?p=22
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Brad Linder said 9:56AM on 8-20-2007
Thanks Ralphl!
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Derek Gates said 1:12PM on 8-20-2007
Great post! My startup time went from 10+ seconds to 1-2. Thank you!
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