Libre Office slow opening a document (hangs for 45 to 60 seconds) for Writer when connected to the Internet

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#7

I am having the same issue with Writer. Opening a document can take 20+ seconds. Closing a document can take 50+ seconds. Saving changes can take 20-50 seconds. I am writing a book, so this is not going to work in the long run.

I have used LibreOffice in a fully wired PC desktop, Windows7/64 bit operating system for 2 years and I have never encountered this. LibreOffice has been really good. I have NO wi-fi anywhere around me. All equipment is wired and not able to be wi-fi.

I have tried both 7.3 and 7.4 Writer. 7.4 became so unstable I uninstalled and went back to 7.3 - but now it is degrading in a few ways… all revolving around saving changes and opening and closing documents. Big documents are a real issue - and I routinely work with 25+ page documents. It’s like the multiple edits are overwhelming Writer.

I reported this to Bugzilla initially and the software improved for about 2 weeks. I am not sure what that was about.

#8

This problem is not related to WiFi - you’d get the same problem, if you have a seldom used network-printer, wich is simply switched off, or if you generally switch on this printers only at first use…

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#13

Have you tried right click in taskbar then select Task Manager to see what’s hogging your resources? Perhaps do the same on your friends machine and compare differences.

#16

I had the same issue with a printer from work. Switching that on while being at home was of course no solution. O, and I had to wait indefinitely, not 45 seconds.
I removed the printer. But now I will have to install it again when I want to print at my work. Not convenient.
So, I second the suggestion that this should be fixed.

#17

It should not be necessary to remove the printer. I usually suggest to print the document once to a pdf-printer (use print not export to pdf) and set the pdf-printer as default. Now you have an always available default, and hopefully no delays.
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As I noticed also the answers by @Nnnes and @swasvet2003 the problem may be related to internal proceedings in the drivers.

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#24

29/09/2024… version 24.8 on MacOS Sequoia and still the same issue…

#25
#2

Please test with a clean profile, Menu/Help/Restart in Safe Mode

#9

Thanks Mariosv. I did reset the user profile back to factory settings and restart.
Unfortunately, the issue remains.

I am saving to .doc formats only for file sharing. I find that other systems cannot open .odf or .docx.

#10

If you have seldom used printers (being switched off and thus not responding to queries), request LO not to retrieve the paper sizes from them.

  • go to Tools>Options
  • in LibreOffice Writer>Print, untick Paper tray from printer settings

This is my configuration and my LAN printer is almost always switched off.

LO 7.3.7.2, Fedora 36 (Linux)

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#11

I’m using Libre Office 7.3. I had an issue upon installing the newest version of Windows, and Microsoft deleted Libre ( and a bunch of other apps) and would not let me reinstall Libre Office. (I know that sounds impossible, but that’s what I experienced.}

When the reset was done I had to reinstall all my 3rd party apps from websites, including LibreOffice 7.3. That’s when Libre Office started to take 50 seconds to reload.

I checked "go to Tools>Options in LibreOffice Writer>Print, “untick Paper tray from printer settings” but that box was already unticked. I just changed my startup settings to “load LibreOffice on starting” and I’m not going to close the app, maybe leave a blank file open at all time. Not very satisfying solution, but I’ll see if that works.

#12

Sorry for leaving this out of previous post. I’m also leaving my printer on. After reading Wanderer’s post, I turned on my printer and voila! the problem was solved. I just hope the printer doesn’t draw too much electricity in wait mode. P.S. I always had the printer off previous to the Windows reinstall.

#14

I started experiencing similar delayed document openings for Cal but it was well after I downloaded the latest version of Libre Office. After reading the comments regarding printers, I notice my printer had a low toner message … I did the normal practice of taking the toner out shaking it and replacing it to get the last bit of use of the toner. I also unplugged my printer and then turned it back on. Now all of my Libre Office documents open almost immediately. I’m not in the field of IT but the aforementioned actions I took resolved the 45 second delay when opening a Libre Office document. I hope this helps.

#15

Installing drivers specific to my printer (a Brother MFC model) instead of using the default print drivers provided by Windows resolved this issue for me. No more hangs, even when the printer is off.

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#18

I had similar problem - 90 seconds to load LO, similar to load any file; coincidentally Firefox took nearly as long to load. I run Arch Linux, Xfce, systemd. Checking the systemd journal I found in red “Failed to start Portal service” - with a wait time of 120000 msecs! Taking the hint from a fellow sufferer - Failed to start Portal service - Support - Manjaro Linux Forum - I removed the file “xdg-desktop-portal-gnome” (using pacman). Now LO and Firefox both load within a second or two!

#19

Having the same problem, and no solution seems to work to eliminate the problem.

Have determined that the problem only occurs on our Windows 10 system. It does not occcur on the Windows 11 system.

#20

I had a very slow load of writer docs, some 30sec.
My solution was unticking
“Load Printer settings with the document” in options/‘Load/Save’/General"
Appearantly may Libre Office try to connect to the printer.
If the printer is offline may it take some 30sec extra.

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#22

This seems to have solved my slow loading problems! Btw I am on macOS.

#23

Unfortunately this is didn’t last long…

#21

Guys, try setting a PDF printer as the standard printer.
In my case, I’ve had the Microsoft Print to PDF as the standard one.
This solves the latency issues when contacting a network printer.

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