2009/9/28 James Elliott <[email protected]> > I am using OOo 3 running under Windows XP and having challenges using Draw. > > I am inserting, cropping and repositioning jpeg photos in Draw and > 1. it has become very slow; > 2. OOo frequently crashes and has to "Recover" my document > > Has anyone else had similar experiences? ... or any advice? > > Kind regards, James > > Sounds to me like you (well, your computer actually) are running out of memory. How much main memory do you have, how much swap space and how big are the pictures? I have a feeling that when you crop a picture you will end up with both versions so that Draw can "undo" the change. If you crop several times you'll end up with multiple copies. If you crop several pictures several times you'll end up with multiple copies of all of them. You could try reducing the number of "undo" steps available. This is at Tools>Options>OpenOffice.org>Memory. The first element on that pane lets you change the number. Of course, now you'll need to be a lot more careful as you won't be able to undo mistakes to the same extent.
Alternatively, decide in advance how big each picture should be and use an image cropper (Paint? Gimp? Draw?) to save each one separately before starting on your document. -- Harold Fuchs London, England Please reply *only* to [email protected]
