Thanks Harold - I iwll look into that possibility, and try reducing the
number of "undo"s
James
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold Fuchs" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: [users] Draw crahses OOo.?
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
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