On Friday, December 29, 2006 7:11 PM [GMT+1=CET], Megan Vowell
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Writer is still refusing to modify my paragraph styles. To review, I
have a large document (130+ pages) which is entirely in outline form
using the Outlining Tool and Paragraph Styles. I would like to
increase the font size of Heading 2, but the program stops responding
within seconds after apparently carrying out the command. The font
size does change on the pages I am able to see, but when I click to
resume working, the program freezes.
Steps I have taken thus far, none of which have improved my situation:
1. saved my file as a .odt instead of a .sxw
2. uninstalled OOo 2.0.1
3. installed OOo 2.1.0
4. renamed the folder in Documents and Settings\Owner\Application
Data\OpenOffice2.org
I have noticed that the user configuration files are all described as
"OpenOffice 1.1 Configuration File". Is this a problem since I am no
longer running OOo 1.1.4?
Appreciative of any and all help,
Megan Vowell
I have no idea what is happening to you but ...
a) The configuration file (I assume you mean setup.xcu) is described as
you say, "OpenOffice 1.1 Configuration File". Weird but true. This on my
Win XP Pro / OOo 2.1 system. If you go to Control Panel>Add/Remove
software, is there another version of OOo listed? If not then you only
have the one version installed and the config files are almost certainly
OK.
b) Try quitting OOo completely (including the Quickstarter), renaming
setup.xcu to e.g. setupxcu.old and then restarting OOo. I'm not too sure
exactly what goes into the setup.xcu file but you will obviously lose
any personalisations in there. On the other hand OOo will create a new,
clean copy which *might* cause your problem to go away.
c) Are there a lot of Heading 2 paragrpahs? Could it simply be that when
you change the font size OOo has a lot of work to do changing the fonts,
re-paginating, calculating new values for TOC etc. etc.? How much memory
& virtual memory (swap file) do you have? Increasing the swap file size
*might* help. Is the disk light on your computer flashing/solid while
you try to change the font size? If so, OOo is working. Try changing the
font size and immediately leaving the room and making yourself a cup of
coffee (and possibly a slice of toast) ;-) Perhaps OOo + your machine is
just being a little slow.
Harold Fuchs
London, England
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