2007/7/29, F Goodchild <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > A previous message referred to speeding up the opening process of > openoffice by using quick start. > > the only reference in help that I could find refereed to starting > from the command line and said that it was only recommended for > experienced users which I am not! > > Is there any easy way to do this? > I have just downloaded openoffice and am running it on a Mac OS X.4 > with X11 > > A few other questions please > > Is there anyway to change the default number of worksheets that are > loaded with a new spreadsheet? > > I would like to link openoffice to my mac Address-book but do not > know what sort of database it is so cannot complete the wizard questions > > When I use help ( which I need to do all the time at the moment) it > tends to stick and the only way I can proceed is to exit openoffice > by Force quit Also the whole programme seems rather slow - is this > something to do with a mac? There is still plenty of spare space on > the disc. > > I too would like to-get rid of the panel which appears when X11 > starts but the procedure suggested in an earlier message did not work > for me. the message that appears is - the name of my computer then "fin$ > > Sorry for so many questions and I really appreciate you lovely people > who take so much time to respond to these questions. > > thank you > Frances > > London
Hello Frances There is no QuickStarter for the Mac version of OpenOffice.org. I suppose things will speed up when the Aqua version of OOo will be ready, somewhere later this year. The fact that OOo first has to get X11 running slows down the starting process. If you keep open X11 (e.g. because you use other programs such as The Gimp that need X11), OOo will be a bit quicker to start. On my Powerbook, OOo is rather slow, because I have a memory problem (card with half of the DRAM is broken, and too expensive to replace...). What model of Mac do you have, and how much memory? If possible, you might consider increasing the memory bridges. 500 MB should do. I don't mind too much that the X11 first opens its own window (I just click on the red button to close the window, once OOo is running). But you can instruct X11 not to open its window: from the Mac Installing How-To: <quote> In the starting Xterm (the X11 window), type the following command line : sudo nano /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc go to the line that contains " xterm & ", and add a " # " at the beginning. Which gives : before : xterm & after : # xterm & after the change : CTRL-O to validate the change, folowed by CTRL-X to quit the Nano editor -> effect : on the next launch of OpenOffice.org, the Xterm won't show up again. </quote> I suppose that it must be possible somehow to increase the number of sheets a workbook opens with (default = 3), but I don't know where or how. You can add new worksheets in 3 ways (from the Introducing Calc Chapter of the Users Guide) <quote> • Click on the Insert menu and select Sheet, or • Right-click on its tab and select Insert Sheet, or • Click into an empty space at the end of the line of sheet tabs </quote> I have no problem with the Help window (only when I make it partially disappear from the screen, it tends to be incomplete when it comes up again on the screen...) I can just close the window as any other without further ado. I doubt that -for the moment- you can link OOo with Mac's AddressBook. Maybe this will be possible in the upcoming Aqua version. HTH -- Guy using dutch OOo 2.2 RC 4 on a iMac Intel DualCore Tiger and dutch OOo 2.2 RC 4 on a G4 PPC Powerbook Tiger -- please reply only to [email protected] -- Dodoes can't afford to have headaches --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
