![[TEST] Document Foundation Community](https://communitytest.documentfoundation.org/images/discourse-logo-sketch.png){kind=logo}
Dear all:
I downloaded and installed the deb packages from homepage of LibreOffice.
(http://www.libreoffice.org/download/)
After I opened Lobreoffice, I found nowhere to enable the QuickStarter.
(Tools→Options→LibreOffice→View→There is no QuickStarter option)
Anybody know how to get it? Thanks a lot ~
Best Regards,
Sorry,
It's Tools→Options→LibreOffice→"Memory" (not "View")
I found no QuickStarter option in "Memory".
Best Regards,
Dear all:
I tried "soffice --quickstart", but Libreoffice still not showed the
quickstarter.
Any suggestion?
Thanks~
Hi 
Is this in Windows? The quick-starter is one of the options during install. I think you can try "reinstalling" but choose the "Repair" option instead of the full re-install. I went for the full reinstall as i was able to upgrade at the same time.
After repairing or reinstalling LO and adding in the quickstarter option you probably still have to select it through
Tools - Options - Memory
or
Tools - Options - General
Regards from
Tom
Hi
Is this in Windows?
Read the subject line again…
Kind regards
Johnny Rosenberg
ジョニー・ローゼンバーグ
I looked for it on my MageiaLinux and it doesn't look like it is there. Maybe a dev could chime in and let us know why the "QuickStart" is not on the Linux version of LibreOffice?
Cheers,
Marc
Hi
I thought it was only relevant to Windows? Gnu&Linux is less inefficient with Ram so you don't need to keep all your various programs open in ram just in case you might want them at some point.
Regards from
Tom
Hello:
On Windows one must do a custom install to include the Quickstarter.
TomW
There is an option to activate it:
Menu/Tools/Options/LibreOffice/Memory - LibreOffice Quickstarter.
Miguel Ángel.
Dear MiguelAngel:
When I install Libreoffice from Debian Repository, there will be a
Quickstarter option in "Tools/Options/LibreOffice/Memory".
But this option disappear when I use the Libreoffice (Linux, deb) that was
download from the official site of Libreoffice.
(http://www.libreoffice.org/download/)
Is "QuickStarter" now a special feature that only available to the
Libreoffice of Debian version?
Regards,
The devs did you a great favor & removed it.
Hi Miguel
There is an option to activate it:
Menu/Tools/Options/LibreOffice/Memory - LibreOffice Quickstarter.
Miguel Ángel.
Not on mine. Here is a screenshot[1]. I also tried this in admin mode with the same results.
Marc
[1] http://www.parentreprise.com/images/LibreOffice/LibreOffice3.5.3.2NoQuickStarter.png
Hi
I don't think the QuickStarter is made for Gnu&Linux systems. We get a bit spoiled. If things don't almost instantly then we tend to be a bit impatient.
With Windows people get used to their systems slowing down quite a lot or being given a system that is desperately slow. It gets so slow that a number of work-arounds have been built, such as keeping programs open all the time even if they are not being used. This makes them appear to 'open' faster and gives the illusion that the system is more responsive. Of course that tends to slow Windows even more because programs can't share libraries and other components in Ram and Swap/Virtual-memory. So, people figure out work-arounds such as going off to make a cuppa tea or deal with filing or double-clicking a load of times in frustration.
The question is whether you really need quickstarter? Roughly how long does it take to open LibreOffice? It usually is quite slow, like the Gimp. Are other programs also slow? Is it possible to add some more Ram or get a newer cpu with more L1 or L2 cache? Obviously DDR ram is too expensive and just not worth it but DDR2 is cheaper and DDR3 is worth buying at the moment. Cpu can have more impact for less money though.
Regards from
Tom
Hi Tom,
Hi
I don't think the QuickStarter is made for Gnu&Linux systems. We get a bit spoiled. If things don't almost instantly then we tend to be a bit impatient.With Windows people get used to their systems slowing down quite a lot or being given a system that is desperately slow. It gets so slow that a number of work-arounds have been built, such as keeping programs open all the time even if they are not being used. This makes them appear to 'open' faster and gives the illusion that the system is more responsive. Of course that tends to slow Windows even more because programs can't share libraries and other components in Ram and Swap/Virtual-memory. So, people figure out work-arounds such as going off to make a cuppa tea or deal with filing or double-clicking a load of times in frustration.
The question is whether you really need quickstarter? Roughly how long does it take to open LibreOffice? It usually is quite slow, like the Gimp. Are other programs also slow? Is it possible to add some more Ram or get a newer cpu with more L1 or L2 cache? Obviously DDR ram is too expensive and just not worth it but DDR2 is cheaper and DDR3 is worth buying at the moment. Cpu can have more impact for less money though.
Regards from
Tom
Quite frankly, I didn't use QuickStarter when it was available for Linux, I preferred to reserve my RAM for other purposes. I usually kept my OOo or LibreOffice open all the time -- I used it for my teaching plans, lessons etc. I normally have FF, TBird, LibreOffice open. I am also spoiled in that I also have 2X19inch monitors which makes it easy to slide windows from one side to the other.
Cheers,
Marc
Hi
+1
Either open or shut. There is no need to try to fool yourself into thinking something is not really open but have it open in a hidden way taking up space in Cache, Ram and Swap/Virtual-memory.
One of my co-workers (on Windows) gets really frustrated waiting for things to open. You can almost see steam rising. If something does take too long for her then she shuts it quickly as soon as it's open and then tries opening it again. I think slow opening gives the impression that it's going to be slow when typing things in and stuff.
That could be another reason why people at work are avoiding using LO. I think i have got to try to get the quickstarter onto all the Windows sides of the dual-boots. It'd be nice to upgrade to the 3.5.4 at the same time
Regards from
Tom
My LO 3.4.6 starts from a file click in 3 seconds so is fast enough without the quick starter. I find LO very fast these days.
steve
Hi
Yes. That is why i was wondering if the speed is really an issue and if so then maybe it's indicating there is a problem that 'needs' to be fixed. On the other hand it could just be a low-spec machine like most of the ones here.
Regards from
Tom
Hi,
My LO 3.4.6 starts from a file click in 3 seconds so is fast enough
without the quick starter. I find LO very fast these days.
Yes, but... 
Using QuickStarter not necessarily is a question of how long does it
take to start up the application.
From the users point of view, QuickStarter also is an alternative
(and by some users preferred) way of accessing LibrOffice in the
GUI, with nice shortcuts for opening documents or creating new
documents from templates.
Stefan
Stefan Weigel wrote:
Yes, but...
Using QuickStarter not necessarily is a question of how long does it
take to start up the application.From the users point of view, QuickStarter also is an alternative
(and by some users preferred) way of accessing LibrOffice in the
GUI, with nice shortcuts for opening documents or creating new
documents from templates.
There's no reason why someone couldn't add it to the bar if so desired.
Hi,
From the users point of view, QuickStarter also is an alternative
(and by some users preferred) way of accessing LibrOffice in the
GUI, with nice shortcuts for opening documents or creating new
documents from templates.
There's no reason why someone couldn't add it to the bar if so desired.
How would I add a menu like this
to the panel, without activating QuickStarter?
Stefan
