Very slow paging in FM 10 in graphic-heavy files

[Stuart Rogers]

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,


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Stuart Rogers
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