Very slow paging in FM 10 in graphic-heavy files

[Harro de Jong]

Tammy Van Boening wrote:

> 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.

There are a couple of possible causes:
1. if the files are on a network, any additional load on the network will slow things down.
2. the more pods you open, the slower FrameMaker becomes. The Variables/Markers/Xrefs/Insets pod is a major cause of slowdowns: every time you bring a new file to the foreground, FM updates all those lists. Close this pod if you don't need it. 
3. Changes on the network can slow things down, e.g. a virus scanner on the server (or your computer) that checks the graphics files every time they're opened.

Ctrl-L and PageUp/dn cause the page to be redrawn again. This just takes more time, won't have a positive effect on load times.

You can use Esc v v to hide the graphics temporarily, this speeds things up considerably (but can a pain in the ass when you forget to switch them back on again before creating the PDF).

Harro de Jong
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