Users of OpenOffice: A responder gave me the following suggestions regarding the crashing problem I outlined I am having with Impress when running a slide show: the computer crashes at one spot or another during the slide show presentation ... any Impress slide show presentation with a file I recently put toger (details, below).
(1) Can you make sure that your video drivers are up-to-date ? Will look into video drivers issue .. but I think they are up-to- date. (2) Also are you using the latest version of OpenOffice.org ? Yes, latest version of Openoffice.org. (3) And finally in the Tools -> Options for Impress there is a possibility to turn on hardware acceleration. What setting are you using ? Cannot find the spot to turn on "hardware acceleration"; looked in Tools + Options and it is not shown in any location I can find there. Here is what I wrote to you initially at "Users" I am just getting familiar with the use of OpenOffice.org software ./ program which I downloaded last night. I created a presentation today that look great and was fairly easy to put together. It contains color, no graphics, a few different fonts, and a "wipe-down" transition ... for about 17 slides. I have it saved on my computer in Impress - on hard drive and on 3 1/2 floppy disk for use on other computers (e.g., my laptop, other laptops). Problem: Every time I try to run a slide show to see how the presentation looks, my system crashes at some (usually different) spot in the slide show. What is happening? How can this crashing be prevented? Howard H.J. Scheiber, PhD 100 Glen Ridge Avenue - Unit #4 Glen Ridge, NJ 07028 Tel. (973) 429-3174
