On 2013-Apr-01 9:10 PM, Tammy Van Boening wrote: > Sorry all. Here are the answers to several on and offlist questions: > > Printed output is not required. The PDFs produced will be viewed online > only. > > The graphics are PNGs, all imported and all stored locally. Everything > (files and graphics) are stored on my hard drive. > > All are imported in multiples that allow for printing standard printing > considerations (100, 150, 200, or 300 dpi as per comments from Richard > Combs). > > Brand new custom system - 16 GB RAM and 8 processors. > > Thanks!
> ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:*Tammy Van Boening <mailto:tammyvb at spectrumwritingllc.com> > > *To:*'framers' <mailto:framers at lists.frameusers.com> > > *Sent:*Monday, April 01, 2013 6:40 PM > > *Subject:*Very slow paging in FM 10 in graphic-heavy files > > FM 10.0 (all patched and current)/Win 7, 64 -bit > > I have a book with 10 chapters and some appendices. Many of the > chapters are graphic-laden, but all graphics are imported by > reference. None are copied. Over the last few months when working on > this book, I have noticed that paging through the opened chapters is > taking an increased amount of time and that the files are very slow > to refresh with the appropriate graphics displayed. I have tried the > CTRL + L trick as well as the tried and true Page Up/Page Down trick > to get the pages to refresh faster and that doesn't seem to help at > all. It's really slowing me down to try to move through the chapters > this way. If I need to get somewhere fast, I use the CTRL/G function > to go to a specific page and then hope I am w/in one or two pages of > where I want to be. > > This issue just seems to have progressed and gotten worse and worse > over time, and I haven't added any more plugins/changed the setup, etc. > > I was just wondering if anyone else has seen this issue/encountered > this over time with FM10. > I can't suggest a solution other than possibly defragging your disk. A work-around, though, is to turn off the display of images (View > Options > Graphics or Alt+V, o, Alt+I, Enter). I use http://www.mydefrag.com/ because it doesn't just defrag, it also optimizes the placement of files and free space on hard drives. If you have an SSD, though, do not defrag; it's damaging to the drive without improving performance. HTH, -- Stuart Rogers Technical Communicator Phoenix Geophysics Limited 3781 Victoria Park Avenue, Unit 3 Toronto, ON, Canada M1W 3K5 +1 (416) 491-7340 x 325 http://www.phoenix-geophysics.com
