Switching off bitmap/object compression not helping

Hi there,

with a CDR containing ca. 10 MB of PNG  graphics in total (say 15 graphics objects, each a bit smaller than 1 MB), I am having save times of 20-30 seconds.

Same result if those graphics are JPEGs of similar size.

Switching off bitmap compression does not seem to change the CDR file size nor the saving speed  (ca. 15 MB for PNG version, and 50 MB for the equivalent with JPEG ).

I also checked if choosing no compression from the very start with a fresh CDR file helps - but it doesn't.

Also checked if Color Profile embedding is an issue, but this doesn't affect the results either.


This performance seems a bit too poor for a professional graphics suite (my graphics-handicapped colleagues using Powerpoint for posters are saving faster). 

Are there any additional options to try?  Please let me know if there are any other details which might be relevant.

Many thanks, MT