Hi Syed, 2GB of memory is not much for Vista. I would suggest at least 3GB.
Rick Quatro Carmen Publishing Inc 585-659-8267 www.frameexpert.com > Hmmm ... I would suggest doing some testing to see if you see what I > just saw ... I decided to try to duplicate what I was reading here. I > have a fast Windows laptop and tested moving around a document with the > arrow keys with, and without, the designer boxes open. > > Running FrameMaker 8, latest patch, on (recently loaded) Vista 32bit on > a Dell Latitude 820 laptop, with a 2.16GHz Core Duo proc, 2GB of memory, > fast 7200rpm drive. > > My results *definitely* confirmed that the cursor movement with the > arrows is MUCH faster with the designer boxes not visible. Since I have > a fast computer, I had only seen a bit of sluggishness in the past (I > keep the Paragraph, Character and Table designer boxes open), but did > not bother to track it down. However, the difference is sufficiently > dramatic that I now plan to work with the designer dialog boxes closed! > Not my preferred mode, fwiw, so I hope Adobe improves this issue. > > I attribute this sluggishness to the continuous "check and show the > paragraph and character information" in the designer dialog boxes while > the cursor is being moved around with the arrow keys - something needs > to be speeded up here for sure! > > Thanks for this thread, folks! > > Z _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to fram...@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.