Hi all,
My copy/paste operations take several seconds. I'm copying very simple objects, lines, rectangles, etc. but regardless of the size of the object, a copy/paste operation takes 3-5 seconds. It's annoying. What the heck can Corel do for such a long time?? Is there a switch to turn off something?
Instantaneous for me too... in both X3 and X4... simple group of 3 objects... oval, rectangle, pentagon. Try a cold boot of your computer, check C:\Windows\Temp file for MB's of junk... etc. the 'dd' comin' atcha from down on the farm in li'l old Aldergrove, BC CANADA http://community.coreldraw.com/forums/p/11301/46124.aspx#46124
Instantaneous for me too... in both X3 and X4... simple group of 3 objects... oval, rectangle, pentagon.
Try a cold boot of your computer, check C:\Windows\Temp file for MB's of junk... etc.
the 'dd'
Exactly. When my SHAW Secure AV s'ware gets wound up I can end up with literally GB's of those Temp files.
It can take a cold boot of the Computer to even be able to blow most of them away... especially from the previous day(s) of computing.
icefront said: Hi all, My copy/paste operations take several seconds. I'm copying very simple objects, lines, rectangles, etc. but regardless of the size of the object, a copy/paste operation takes 3-5 seconds. It's annoying. What the heck can Corel do for such a long time?? Is there a switch to turn off something?
If you copy a full page with several high-resolution photos, it's normal that the copy and paste take several seconds.But, if you are copying a rectangle, you don't see nothing, t must be an instant only. Some reason for the slow copy/paste can be: a lot of Graphic and Text Syles (Ctrl+F5) or a lot of "saved views" (Ctrl+F2). If so, delete all unused styles and ALL saved views, and save your document. Also, if you save as CMX, close, and open the CMX and save as CDR, the spped increases, because you lost all extra-information
If an AV scan isn't runnning and there are no other programs you can terminate, its probably time to check:
a) Have you allocated at least the recommended amount of virtual memory?
Above is for XP, so you might need to hunt around on other systems.
b) Any process using up CPU time?
c) Can you install any more memory?
If your machine is more than a year or two old, extra memory will probably be a lot cheaper now than it was when you bought the machine.
There's a well known web site that will tell you how much memory you have and how much more you could install. I don't think I'm allowed to mention it here despite having no connection with it other than as a satisfied user, but if you google "memory scan" (with the quotes) it will probably come at or near the top in the results.
icefront said: Eg. I want to duplicate a frame on a second page at the same position.
Eg. I want to duplicate a frame on a second page at the same position.
If you're doing that on a lot of pages, putting it on a master page might be a better answer. Though I'd still want to sort out why it was so slow because the same problem will almost certainly show up in other places too.
OK, folks, to clear up things...
I'm a computer specialist, I know the things about vitrual memory, tasks in background, etc.
I know how other software does the copy (photoshop, illustrator, CAD softwares of electronics design, etc., etc.
I'm not copying an 1000x1000mm 300dpi bitmap, I'm copying a single rectangle or a single line. Just a single object. Copy takes 1-2 seconds and paste takes 2-10 seconds.
I experience this on many machines. Once my home machine. Intel Core quad, 4gb ram, super fast motherboard, Windows Vista. Second the machines at the company I work. I manage all of them, some have XP, some other Vista.
THE SAME THING EVERYWHERE. Copy and paste is slow. Very slow. It's the Coreldraw's core, it's badly programmed or it has serious, time-consuming conflicts with the operating system.