See https://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?t=99158, for example, for instructions on resetting your profile. You will lose any customizations that are stored in the profile, but sometimes they become corrupted. - Robert
________________________________ On Sun, Jun 4, 2023 at 2:37 PM James Baker <jima...@hotmail.com> wrote: > How do you do that? I have erased and replaced the program twice and it > worked briefly, then started freezing again. > Jim Baker > ________________________________ > From: Peter Kovacs <pe...@apache.org> > Sent: Sunday, June 4, 2023 9:54 AM > To: users@openoffice.apache.org <users@openoffice.apache.org> > Subject: Re: Open Office becoming impossible to use- bug ridden > > Have you tried to reset the profile? > Am 29.05.23 um 01:42 schrieb James Baker: > > In the last 2-3 months, it has become increasingly difficult to use both > spreadsheets and text documents. I add something minimal and the blue > circle pops up and I get the message “Not Responding”. Sometimes that stops > after 5 minutes or so and I can continue and sometimes it continues for 30 > minutes so I have to use Task Manager to “End Task” and start over. Have > others experienced this? I don’t know if the has been an “improvement” made > to OpenOffice that is causing this or it has been hacked and malware > inserted or what. Perhaps I will erase my copy and import a new one to see > if that helps anything.