"How to make OpenOffice run faster in Ubuntu"
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Tools > Options > Memory
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Tools > Options > Memory
- Reduce the number of Undo steps to a figure lower than 100. Adelstein suggests 20 or 30 steps.
- Under Graphics cache, set Use for OpenOffice.org to 128 MB (up from the original 6MB).
- Set Memory per object to 20MB (up from the default .5MB).
- Set the number of objects under Cache for inserted objects at 20.
- Check OpenOffice.org Quickstarter.
- uncheck Use a Java runtime environment