Hi Rory, Am 18.11.22 um 10:25 schrieb Rory O'Farrell: > There have been many reports of OpenOffice files Writer and Impress (not sure > about Calc), of all versions, suddenly losing pictures, and leaving only a > blank frame. > > I use the Xubuntu LTS versions, running usually the latest Apache OpenOffice, > more recently the 4.5.0 nightlies. I have not used Windows since 2007/8, so > cannot say if the following remarks have relevance to that version > > LibreOffice have fixed the problem of picture loss, at a cost (from memory) > of 44,000 euro. > > I regularly make and re-edit Impress presentations, some of considerable size > (~100+ slides, for later selection) and some of 10/12 years of age, and have > found a method that seems to overcome the picture loss. > > My files are stored on a network addressed storage; I have disabled "Save > Autorecovery every n seconds" (entering 0); in more than 9 years of using > that setting in OpenOffice, both in the creation and editing of large Impress > presentations of 100+ slides containing images and also of several > illustrated booklets, I have never lost pictures. Prior to disabling the > AutoRecovery process, I regularly did lose images. > > My guess is that the AutoRecovery process, when it happens, does not > correctly preserve the existing OpenOffice environment, perhaps itself being > interrupted by input keystrokes from the User. > > I do not offer this as a sure-fire solution, but merely record my experience
Thank you for sharing your experience! A memory corruption may be the main problem, but pictures nowadays are typically much bigger than they were, when OO was designed. That said, I would like to increase the memory settings at least for trunk/AOO42X. Default is now: Graphics cache: 20 MB, 5.2 MB per object, Remove after 10 minutes. 20 Objects Opinions? Regards, Matthias
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