Re: [libreoffice-users] My Fix for Slow LibreOffice Calc

On my system, turning Java off didn't help.

Turning off anti-aliasing in [View] made flipping between tabs on 
spreadsheet instantaneous. Wow.


fyi: The default process manager in Windows is Task Manager, but many 
replace it with Microsoft/Sysinternals Process Explorer.

On 5/22/2015 10:12 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> Hi :)
> I guess you already tried switching off Java in LO (or that you need 
> Java for database or accessibility and can't)? Something like;
>
> Tools - Options - Advanced
>
> has a tick-box at the top of the dialogue.  If LO does grumble about 
> missing it you can always switch it back on and try whatever-it-was 
> again.
>
>
> I guess the upper-limit is possibly something like;
> Ram - ( 2 x (Whatever your OS claims to work in + whatever other 
> running programs claim they need)
>
> You can find out more simply several ways including by using
>
> free -m
>
> on the command-line in Linux and possibly Mac.  Windows has some sort 
> of process manager that used to be accessed through Ctrl Alt Del 
> (while crossing your fingers and hoping it didn't just reboot the 
> machine).  One of the tabs in there showed how much Ram was being used 
> (and how much free).  In Linux you can sometimes find what process are 
> hogging resources by typing in
>
> top
>
> - and then Ctrl C to escape before you get too hooked.
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
>
> Regards from
> Tom :)
>
>
> On 22 May 2015 at 14:47, f150 <f150@ftml.net <mailto:f150@ftml.net>> 
> wrote:
>
>     Hey Tom,
>     My Libreoffice slowed to the point it took minutes to load a
>     single document. It became a choice of fix it or get rid of it.
>
>     So I kept increasing memory till the problem went away. I'm sure
>     there's an upper limit, but I haven't reached it... yet.
>
>     Combining memory increases with loading LO at start-up gave me
>     best results.
>     Fred
>
>
>     On 5/22/2015 7:45 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> >     Hi :)
> >     +1
> >     Thanks for sharing!  I'm never sure how much i can jack them up
> >     by so it's good to have figures that work.  I'm guessing you have
> >     more than 384 Mb of Ram!  (like, who doesn't these days!) :)
> >
> >     Regards from
> >     Tom :)
> >
> >
> >     On 21 May 2015 at 23:56, f150 <f150@ftml.net
> >     <mailto:f150@ftml.net>> wrote:
> >
> >         The advice for speeding up Calc is correct, but the memory
> >         recommendations weren't robust enough for my system.
> >
> >         This worked great:
> >
> >         Click [Tools] [Options] [Memory]
> >         *Undo *
> >           Number of steps: *10*
> >
> >         *Graphics Cache*
> >           Use for LibreOffice: *384 *MB
> >           Memory per object: *10*.0 MB
> >           Remove from memory after: 00:10 hh:mm
> >
> >         *Cache for Inserted Objects*
> >           Number of objects: *50*
> >
> >         *LibreOffice Quickstarter*
> >         *X* Load LibreOffice during system start-up
> >
> >         Don't be afraid to jack it up!
> >         Fred
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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