LO 5.4 unusable with large document including comments

users
#1

I'm an author. I've been using LO for a very long time. However,
recently I changed editors to one who does all of her editing within
comments. Yesterday I opened the file she'd just edited, to find it
unusable. Trying to scroll through the document was painfully slow. I
saved the file to .docx format, opened in Apple Pages, and it had no
problems.

I did a bit of searching to find this a common issue with LO (documents
with hundreds or thousands of comments becoming unusable). Thing is, I
could not find a work-around. Is this going to be the deal breaker, or
is there a solution for this issue?

Thank you so much for any input anyone might have.

Jack

#2

Well, if you have very long document, you should consider using Master Document where you write every chapter in separate document and Master Document acts as container. You don't edit Master Document, you just print it.

Having long text splitted in smaller chunks may help you with the problem. Just remember to send all chapters (as separate documents) to your editor.

Consult documentation about this.

Kruno

#3

Kruno, thank you for your input. Unfortunately, that isn't really an
option. Any editor I've worked with would lose their minds having to
manage a separate document for each chapter. On top of that, considering
neither Apple Pages or MS Office has no problem with this, I'd like to
think the LO developers could resolve such an issue. A work around for a
long document with comments shouldn't be necessary.

#4

There are at least two bug reports, you may find many more.
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61558
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38295

If those don't fit just file another issue.

To my knowledge there is no good workaround. You could try the Navigator which has a section for comments.

#5

Hi Jack and all:

Why not probe increasing memory to LibreOffice Writer:

Menu--> Tools --> Options --> Memory

I hope this help,

Jorge Rodríguez

#6

Hi Jack and all:

Why not probe increasing memory to LibreOffice Writer:

Menu--> Tools --> Options --> Memory

I hope this help,

Jorge Rodríguez

Thank you so much, Jorge. That actually helped considerably.

#7

Would be good when you add a comment to the ticket "me too" and report what helped.

#8

Would be good when you add a comment to the ticket "me too" and report what helped.

I will say this configuration only made the document usable. It's not
ideal and still really sluggish scroll through the document. What I did
was open up LO, click on Menu > Tools > Options and then configure
Memory with the following settings:

Use for LibreOffice 512 MB
Memory per object 40 MB

Even with those numbers, LO Writer is still a bit challenging to use
(albeit much improved over the default).

#9

Would be good when you add a comment to the ticket "me too" and report what helped.

I will say this configuration only made the document usable. It's not
ideal and still really sluggish scroll through the document. What I did
was open up LO, click on Menu > Tools > Options and then configure
Memory with the following settings:

Use for LibreOffice 512 MB
Memory per object 40 MB

Even with those numbers, LO Writer is still a bit challenging to use
(albeit much improved over the default).

Think Heiko is talking about thous bug two reports he sent earlier:

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61558
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38295

Placing comment with actual (even partial) solution can help with fixing this. More people affected, better chance for that particular bug to be fixed.

Kruno

#10

Think Heiko is talking about thous bug two reports he sent earlier:

https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61558
https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38295

Placing comment with actual (even partial) solution can help with
fixing this. More people affected, better chance for that particular
bug to be fixed.

Will do! Thank you.

#11

Well, if you have very long document, you should consider using
Master Document where you write every chapter in separate document
and Master  Document acts as container. You don't edit Master
Document, you just  print it.

+1  This is the answer for managing large documents - the same applies
for M$-Office.

I switched to using Master Documents years ago; it is a much better
experience, and makes editing or change tracking easier.  I don't know
why anyone would not do this.

It is also possible to export the master document to an ODT (single
file) which is often nice for final review.