OpenOffice guru sought

[Hitcher]

It means OpenOffice loads quicker as part of it is already running.

I understand that. But how do I find that bit and make it happen? It would certainly be really nice to have a faster fire-up, as I am finding that Vista is particularly laggardly and turgid when it comes to launching applications. Firefox takes hours to load, and OpenOffice isn't much slicker.

[avgas]

old versions of open office did not have a spell checker at all. but i'm pretty sure the new ones do.
I'm prob going to install openoffice again soon as new MSOffice is just plain ugly

[xwhatsit]

LaTeX ftw!

[terbang]

On my version I already have two versions of English available for the spell checker. English English and American English (if there is such a thing).
I see that there are many more available. As for Thunderbird, there is an add on called lightning that tweaks it up quite nicely. OK on the Linux machine (my lappie) its all I need and it loads up really nice. There doesn´t seem to be anything that I can´t do that my Windows clunker can do. I have now relieved my home machine (XP) of MS Office and am happily using openoffice with no hindrance. One of the features I like about openoffice is the ability to export straight to a (as secure as you like) .PDF file.

[Hitcher]

I removed that latest version of Thunderbird from the laptop because it was incapable of sending emails without me providing some sort of password that appears to be known only to Thunderbird and not to the user. Fuck that. So I killed it.

However on my home desktop it runs seamlessly. Go figure.

[vindy500]

the quickstart thing is on the startbar, next to the clock

[terbang]

I removed that latest version of Thunderbird from the laptop because it was incapable of sending emails without me providing some sort of password that appears to be known only to Thunderbird and not to the user. Fuck that. So I killed it.

However on my home desktop it runs seamlessly. Go figure.

Seen that before, it wasn´t set up right. Either incoming or outgoing server address was wrong.

[Trudes]

I can't believe Hitcher is asking for a dictionary. It's like Eistein asking for a calculator*.









Sorry, cant think of a famous Mathematician off the top of my head.

I know, I'm shocked!! I guess we'll soon be seeing just how good Mr. Hitcher's spelling really is without the helpful spellchecker, eh!!!!

[scracha]

I understand that. But how do I find that bit and make it happen? It would certainly be really nice to have a faster fire-up, as I am finding that Vista is particularly laggardly and turgid when it comes to launching applications. Firefox takes hours to load, and OpenOffice isn't much slicker.

Turgid eh....what websites are you visiting then :-)

Vista slow, check your installed RAM first. It needs at least 1.5GB to run semi-decently (1GB for home basic). You'll likely have a lot of $hite in your startup entries. For "noobs" (I hate that word) the startup control panel is your best bet. (Control Panel > Performance Information and Tools->Manage Startup Programs (on the left). Take out all the $hite, dont worry if you make a stuff up as you can put it back in later. What anti-malware software are you running? Disabling User Account Control does speed things up but it's not recommended.

[Winston001]

Turgid eh....what websites are you visiting then :-)

Vista slow, check your installed RAM first. It needs at least 1.5GB to run semi-decently (1GB for home basic).

You'll likely have a lot of $hite in your startup entries. For "noobs" (I hate that word) the startup control panel is your best bet. (Control Panel > Performance Information and Tools->Manage Startup Programs (on the left). Take out all the $hite, dont worry if you make a stuff up as you can put it back in later. What anti-malware software are you running? Disabling User Account Control does speed things up but it's not recommended.

Yeah Vista needs a lot of RAM - install more if you only have 1GB. I've stuck with XP Pro on my new toy.

OpenOffice is a slug to start, and I don't use it now after shagging some Word docs over our work network. But the Quickstart sounds like a good option.

If its a new lappie there shouldn't be too many items in Startup but check it anyway. I know a guy who only runs two items.....