Why is OpenOffice slow?

[Peter Garrett]

On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 19:37:51 +0200
Eberhard Roloff <tuxebi at gmx.de> wrote:

> Even if it were 30 seconds, what
> does this say in relation to an eight or twelve hour workday?
> Especiallly if we consider that the guy in front of
> the keyboard is by far the slowest component of the computer,
> at least as long as we discuss the usage of a full blown Office
> Suite.

If you want quick startup, there's a preloader built in now: ( replaces
the old oooqstarter etc from previous versions, which had to be
added/installed separately ).

In OpenOffice.org (start up the Writer component ) :

Tools --> Options --> OpenOffice.org --> Memory --> OpenOffice.org
Quickstarter  ( tick the box, bottom left )

It puts a quickstart applet in the Notification Area ( System Tray if you
prefer) , from which you can choose any app in the suite. First start is
slow of course, but subsequent starts are almost instantaneous. It also
survives logout/login if you have session saving enabled.

I realise there isn't much difference between this and minimising the app,
but it is more convenient, particularly if you use several different
components of the suite during the day.

Peter