<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> The annoying slow cold start is simply due to the mass off Spelling Dictionaries who are standard installed as Extensions. After deleting the not-needed maps in the share/Extensions directory, LO start in a Glimp. We had complains from our users (compared to OO) , so we made a script to delete most off this Dictionaries and now they love LO :-) It could be handy to explain the reason off the slow start and deliver a tool for the less technical users ? Greetz Fernand </body> </html>