-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Greg Freemyer wrote:
On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 12:14 AM, David C. Rankin
wrote: On Thursday 10 September 2009 11:18:00 am Mark Misulich wrote:
Hi, I am just writing to ask if anyone has any experience with Open Office Writer. I am trying to use it for the first time to make up a newsletter, as I usually use WinXp and Word. I find its performance to be so bad it is just about unusable. Is this the normal way it operates, or is there something wrong or otherwise necessary to make it operate properly?
Here is what its doing: When I try to move fontwork around to place on the title page, the computer chugs and the movements become jerky. I can't accurately place the fontwork. It is ridiculously slow as well.
Pretty much any other operation, such as saving the file will also do the same, it causes the computer to chug and takes a long time to complete.
My computer is a Dell Dimension 4600 with a P4 2.66 ghz processor, and has 3.6 gb ram.
Thanks
Your box has more than enough horse power.
OpenOffice hasn't worked right since version 2.4.1. It has been one screw-up after another. Either indents don't work so all your Word documents are left justified (no matter what you try) or OpenOffice hangs and you lose your work.
If you are running 11.0, just go download the files from the update repository and reinstall 2.4. I was hoping that 3.1.1 would be better, but I lost 30 minutes of work yesterday on a hang/crash. I think I'll go back to 2.4 until things get better.
-- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
If OO 2.4 is really faster than 3.1, I would not mind going back to it for at least a test.
Is there a 11.1 repo for OO 2.4?
I tried to look in the build service, but it is a major headache because of all the "openoffice" repositories. (75 pages worth).
Greg
reply from Shayon(warlock) Well i totally agree with David,just go through the Repo's and updates ....and download the files.but ya,openoffice report problems no doubt,but it can be managed to an extent Shayon -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with SUSE - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkqydV0ACgkQkCJ6Vc13T/fkfQCeKP4foZAWYNZIMmDPOia8m2oy fdcAnRafDfRa5siRiwLGj2qy21RYb+mP =gkjf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org