no, the docs are crashing exponentially as they grow. we start with a style
set and a blank doc. when they strart hitting the 50 page range, systems
start crashing. its not just some are crashing--all of them seem to. they
never--i repeat, NEVER crash with word. and i dont like Frame. its
pervasive, but its got the worlds most clumsy stylesheet creator. RAM is 512
on laptops and 1 gig on descktops. seems to crash with different styles and
different platforms. workflow is simple--writer, review/markup on paper or 1
online markuop saved to a network drive, and then revised.
wish i had your luck. you should see how mad my writers were.
Note: Word doc converted to OO is worse.
kip
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce Byfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: [social] no more OO here
On Thu, 2006-26-01 at 21:24 -0500, kip wrote:
secondly, sure--OO runs fine on my computer too-until i start getting
into
50 - 60 pages of a book with a dozen styles and a bunch of screen
captures.
its good for a proposal or a white paper, but not the creation of a book,
which Word does somewhat clumsily but without crashing.
Funny. I've done over a dozen manuals varying from 200 to 1200 pages in
OpenOffice.org, crammed with screen shots, and only rarely had problems.
In general, I've not only found it vastly more stable than MS Word for
long documents, but also a suitable replacement for FrameMaker, which is
designed for long documents
I can't help wondering if your problem lies in your doc team's work
flow. Or maybe it's a lack of RAM?
--
Bruce Byfield 604-421.7177
Burnaby, BC, Canada
http://members.axion.net/~bbyfield
