2008/4/28 [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > The steps are the number of undo steps that it remembers (when you use > control Z). > I guess that even on a fresh load of the programme it sets aside enough > memory for the number of steps it is configured for > Of course you also do not need to take as radical steps as in the blog > referred to. > I was happy to have lots of undo steps but since I have plenty of memory I > just tweaked the Graphics Cache options a bit (not as large as suggested in > the blog) and even that seemed to make a noticeable difference. > Neil > > M Henri Day wrote: > > > There are several blog entries around that describe ways you can tweak > > > OpenOffice.org so that it launches faster... > > > eg: > > > http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/08/18/how-to-speed-up-openoffice/ > > > > > > > > Just to test, I opened OOo 2.4 on my AMD X2 setup running Ubuntu Hardy > > ; it > > took something over 10 seconds to load. After implementing the procedure > > found on the blog to which Clayton provided a link (save that I chose to > > retain JRE) , I tested again : loading took some two (2) seconds. Quite > > a > > difference ! One question : what does the reduction in «Number of steps» > > from 100 to 30 that I realised involve - just what are these «steps» and > > where do they take place ?... > > > > Henri > > > Thanks, Neil, for the explanation ; being able to go backwards 30 steps with the «Undo» arrow or «Ctrl + Z» should suffice for my purposes. I've a fair amount of RAM (2 GB) on my box and wouldn't have any difficulty devoting still more to OOo than the 128 MB suggested in the blog for the Graphics Cache, but as fast as OOo 2.4 now loads, I see no reason to do so. In any event, much thanks to Clayton for this valuable link !...
Henri
