| When you have a large document with a lot of images in it, you might find that the redraw time is delayed as you move around. However, you can set preferences for how your images are displayed by lowering some of the image detail for increased speed as you move through pages. These display settings can be applied to the entire document or to individually selected objects. Tip The display settings for images don't affect how the document will print. To set the default appearance of previews: 1. | Choose Edit > Preferences > Display Performance (Windows). or Choose InDesign > Preferences > Display Performance (Mac OS X). This opens the Display Performance Preferences dialog box .
The Display Performance Preferences dialog box controls how images and transparency effects are displayed. | 2. | Choose one of the three options from the Default View Settings menu .
The Default View Settings list lets you choose which display performance setup is applied to images. Fast is used when you want fast screen redraw and the best performance. Typical is used when you want a better representation of the images. High Quality is used when you want to see as much detail as possible onscreen. This option may cause InDesign to work slower than it will with the other choices.
Tip Each of the menu choices corresponds to one choice in the Adjust View Settings list. | 3. | Check Preserve Object-level Display Settings to use the display settings that have been applied to individual images (see the next page) .
Check Preserve Object-level Display Settings to let each object's settings override the overall document display setting. |
As you work, you can switch between the menu commands without having to open the Display Performance Preferences dialog box. To switch the default view setting: 1. | With no object selected, Right-click (Win) or Control-click (Mac). This opens a contextual menu .
The Display Performance contextual menu settings let you quickly switch from one display performance setup to another. | 2. | Choose one of the view settings from the Display Performance submenu. | 3. | Choose Allow Object-level Display Settings to override any individual image previews (see the next exercise). This does not delete those individual settings, it only overrides them. | 4. | Choose Clear Object-level Display Settings to delete any individual image previews. Tip You can also use the View menu to choose the view settings or to override any individual image previews. |
You can also set each individual image to its own display setting. This lets you set one large image to faster screen redraw while showing more detail in other objects. To set individual image previews: 1. | Select the image. | 2. | Right-click (Win) or Control-click (Mac). This opens the contextual menu for the display of that object .
The Display Performance contextual menu for an object lets you change the display performance for that object. | 3. | Choose one of the options from the Display Performance submenu of the contextual menu. Tip The Use View Setting command sets the object back to the current View Setting in the Display Performance Preferences. Tip You can also use the Object > Display Performance submenu to choose the view settings for a selected object. |
The labels Fast, Typical, and High Quality are merely guides. You can customize the specific displays for raster images, vector art, and transparency effects in the Adjust View Settings area of the Display Performance Preferences. To set the raster and vector displays: 1. | Choose Edit > Preferences > Display Performance (Win). or Choose InDesign > Preferences > Display Performance (Mac). | 2. | Choose one of the radio button settings in the Adjust View Settings menu .
The Adjust View Settings menu gives you three display settings to apply to a document or individual images. | 3. | Drag the slider for the Raster Images or Vector Graphics as follows :
The Raster Images and Vector Graphics sliders let you control how those formats are displayed. Gray Out (far left) displays a gray background instead of the image . This is the fastest performance.
An example of the Gray Out view setting. Proxy (middle) displays a 72-ppi screen preview of the image . This setting provides the best performance that still shows what the image looks like.
The difference between the Proxy setting and the High Resolution setting. High Resolution (far right) displays the maximum resolution for the image .
| 4. | Repeat the process for each of the other menu settings. Tip Raster Images and Vector Graphics settings don't have to be set for the same resolution. This allows you to have a faster redraw for large raster files, and more details in the lines of vector graphics. |
You can also adjust the display for the transparency effects as well as the drop shadows and feather effects. To set the transparency effects displays: 1. | Choose one of the listings in the Adjust View Settings menu. | 2. | Drag the Transparency slider to each notch setting as follows : (The labels appear as you drag the slider.)
The Transparency slider lets you control the display of drop shadows, feathers, and transparency effects. The setting labels appear as you move the slider. Off (far left) displays no transparency effects. This is the fastest performance. Low Quality (second from left) displays basic opacity and blend modes. Drop shadows and feathers are displayed in low resolution only. Some blend modes may change in the final output. Medium Quality (second from right) displays drop shadows and feathers in low resolution. High Quality (far right) displays high resolution drop shadows and feathers. Blend modes appear in their correct CMYK color display.
| 3. | Repeat the process for each of the other Adjust View menu items. |
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