Adobe InDesign CS3 - Manual (Page 355)

INDESIGN CS3
User Guide
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3 With the Selection tool or Direct Selection tool , select an imported graphic.
4 Do one of the following:
• Select Object > Display Performance, and choose a display setting.
• Right-click (Windows) or Control-click (Mac OS) the image, and choose a display setting from the Display
Performance submenu.
To remove an object’s local display setting, choose Use View Setting in the Display Performance submenu. To remove
local display settings for all graphics in the document, select Clear Object-Level Display Settings in the View >
Display Performance submenu.
Display performance options
These options control how graphics are displayed on the screen, but they do not affect the print quality or exported
output.
Use Display Performance preferences to set the default option used to open all documents, and customize the
settings that define those options. Each display option has separate settings for displaying raster images, vector
graphics, and transparencies.
Fast Draws a raster image or vector graphic as a gray box (default). Use this option when you want to quickly page
through spreads that have lots of images or transparency effects.
Typical Draws a low-resolution proxy image (default) appropriate for identifying and positioning an image or vector
graphic. Typical is the default option, and is the fastest way to display an identifiable image.
High Quality Draws a raster image or vector graphic at High Resolution (default). This option provides the highest
quality but the slowest performance. Use this option when you want to fine-tune an image.
Note: Image display options don’t affect output resolution when exporting or printing images within a document. When
printing to a PostScript device, exporting to XHTML, or exporting to EPS or PDF, the final image resolution depends on
the output options you choose when you print or export the file.
Set default display performance
The Display Performance preferences let you set the default display option, which InDesign uses for every document.
You can change a document’s display performance using the View menu, or change the setting for individual objects
using the Object menu. For example, if you work on projects that contain numerous high-resolution photos (such as
a catalog), you may prefer to have all your documents open quickly. You can set the default display option to Fast.
When you want to see the images in more detail, you can switch the document view to Typical or High Quality
(leaving the preference set to Fast).
You can also choose to view or override display settings applied to individual objects. If Preserve Object-Level
Display Settings is selected, any settings applied to objects are saved with the document.
1 Select Edit > Preferences > Display Performance (Windows) or InDesign > Preferences > Display Performance
(Mac OS).
2 For Default View, select Typical, Fast, or High Quality. The display option you choose applies to all documents
you open or create.
3 Do one of the following, and click OK:
• To save display settings applied to individual objects, select Preserve Object-Level Display Settings.
• To display all graphics using the default display option, deselect Preserve Object-Level Display Settings.