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  • OpenOffice 3.2 Graphics Cache Settings

    The default OpenOffice 3.2 graphics cache is probably large enough for ordinary documents. However, I put together a 9-page illustrated biography for a birthday party last year using (most likely) OOo 3.1 and that file dragged OOo 3.2 to its knees.

    The default cache settings are something like

    • 20 MB
    • 2 MB per object
    • 20 objects

    Crank those to

    • 256 MB
    • 5 MB per object
    • 50 objects

    Much better!

    I’m sure that depends on what you’re doing and how much memory your PC has, but when OOo gets really pokey on a graphics-intensive document, check the cache.