How-To: Set memory options to improve application performance - OpenOffice.org
- This screencast will teach you how to make OpenOffice applications perform faster and more effeciently.
- To do this, first open any OpenOffice application. In this example we have opened OpenOffice Writer.
- Next, click on "Tools"
- Now, on the menu that opens click on "Options..."
- The Options Dialogue window should open. Look for the memory options and click on it once.
- Now, to start our task we first look at the "Undo" options here. This number indicates the amount of undo steps that are usually saved as you do your work.
- If you are not experimenting with your work so much and don't use the undo feature often, you can lower this number to free up some memory.
- To do this, just click on the field and type in any value that is 50 and below, bearing in mind your needs.
- Great! We have set this to 50 steps.
- Next, you can increase the memory allotted for graphics to make displaying them faster.
- This is useful especially when you are working with graphics heavy documents in Impress and Draw.
- A good number to set here is about 10% of your system's memory. In this example we are changing it from 9 to 100MB.
- Good! We have now more memory for graphics.
- You can also set how much memory each object can use. Depending on the number of graphics in your documents you can set this higher for better performance.
- A good number would be somewhere as low as 5MB and as high as 20MB.
- Just click on the field and type in the value you want. We are setting it here to 5MB.
- Next, increase the number of objects that are supported by the Cache here. This should further improve performance.
- We recommend that you change this value to 20. Just click on the field and type it in.
- Lastly, if you use OpenOffice frequently it would be wise to enable the OpenOffice quickstarter when your PC starts up. This lets you access the various applications faster.
- Just click once in the checkbox to enable the quickstarter to load during start-up.
- Once you're finished, click on OK.
- Great! You have learned how to improve the performance of OpenOffice applications.
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Set memory options to improve application performance
This screencast demonstrates how to set memory options to improve application performance. You learn:
- How to find the Options Dialogue window.
- How to access memory options.
- How to adjust the number of "Undo"
steps to free up more memory. - How to adjust memory allotted for graphics.
- How to enable the OpenOffice quick start feature.
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