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Optimizing document redraw
You can choose how to view a document onscreen using drawing modes. Drawing modes don't affect object data or print quality. You can also set preferences to control screen redrawing.
The fast drawing modes, Fast Preview and Fast Keyline, optimize redraw by reducing blend steps to 10 and dimming text for onscreen point sizes of 50 and below.
To choose a drawing mode:
Choose an option from the Drawing Mode pop-up menu in the Status toolbar (Windows) or in the lower left of the Document window (Macintosh):
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Preview displays the document as it will print. (You can't preview custom, PostScript, or textured strokes and fills.) |
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Fast Preview displays blends with reduced steps and dimmed text. |
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Keyline displays only a black hairline stroke, no fill for objects, and X-boxes, or blank boxes containing an X for placement purposes, for EPS images and bitmap images. |
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Fast Keyline displays blends with reduced steps and dimmed text. |
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Flash Anti-alias smooths onscreen text and artwork, previewing the artwork as it will appear when exported in Macromedia Flash (SWF) format. |
Note: This mode does not smooth pattern and PostScript fills and strokes, some other fills (tiled, custom, textured, and lens fills other than simple transparency), dashed strokes, or text effects, bitmap fonts, or locked outline fonts.
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From left to right: Preview, Fast Preview, Flash Anti-alias, Keyline, Fast Keyline. |
To switch between Preview mode and Keyline mode:
Choose View > Preview.
Choosing View > Preview when the document is set to Preview switches it to Keyline mode. Choosing View > Preview when the document is set to Keyline switches it to Preview mode.
To switch between Fast Keyline and Fast modes:
Choose View > Fast Mode or press Control+Shift+K (Windows) or Command+Shift+K (Macintosh).
To set how scrolling affects redraw:
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Choose Edit > Preferences. Click Redraw. |
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Select Redraw While Scrolling to redraw the document when you click a scroll arrow or scroll bar. |
When this option is deselected, the document is redrawn when scrolling stops. |
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Click OK. |
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To set the maximum number of objects to preview while dragging:
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Choose Edit > Preferences. Click Redraw. |
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Enter a value in the Preview Drag text box. |
Previewing a large number of objects can slow redrawing and requires a minimum of 32 MB RAM cache. |
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Click OK. |
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To preview an object while dragging it:
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Click the object and continue holding down the mouse button. |
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Press and release Alt (Windows) or Option (Macintosh) and drag the object. |
To set the number of objects you are able to preview, see the previous procedure. Any objects in excess of the number set in Redraw Preferences are displayed as bounding boxes while you drag them. |
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To drag an object without previewing it:
Drag the object within the Document window.
A bounding box displays the object's movement.
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