Conventional printing wisdom is that an illustration need not have resolution greater than 180 dpi (dpi - dots per inch) for good quality, and 210 dpi for best quality. This is based on the ability of the eye to resolve fine detail at normal reading distance. So, if you, external to OpenOffice, reduce your pictures to such resolutions, and re-insert them into your file, that should reduce the size greatly and speed up opening and editing.
Two comments: turn on /View /Non printing characters to see some unnecessary characters (possibly inadvertent key presses), which you may remove. Also, rather than 14 pt type and Single line spacing, try 12 pt and proportional line spacing of 110 or 115%, play with such settings, perhaps even as low as 10.5 pt; I think you might be pleasantly surprised how much nicer your finished document looks. But it is your document, and you have the final aesthetic choices.
Two comments: turn on /View /Non printing characters to see some unnecessary characters (possibly inadvertent key presses), which you may remove. Also, rather than 14 pt type and Single line spacing, try 12 pt and proportional line spacing of 110 or 115%, play with such settings, perhaps even as low as 10.5 pt; I think you might be pleasantly surprised how much nicer your finished document looks. But it is your document, and you have the final aesthetic choices.
Statistics: Posted by RoryOF — Mon May 13, 2024 5:41 pm