Acrobat Excessive Screen Redraw

[prepressdork]

I have Acrobat 9 Pro (yes, I know it's old) installed on a MacPro (Mac OS 10.6.8) with lots of memory.

It seems that when working with a PDF with a lot of content (lots of images for example), clicking an object, opening a feature window (Preflight for example), clicking a menu to select a feature, or clicking a toolbar button causes frequent redraw of the active page.

Anyone have any ideas on how to stop or reduce this (some redraw I can understand)?

Thanks,
pd

 

[leonardr]

I have Acrobat 9 Pro (yes, I know it's old) installed on a MacPro (Mac OS 10.6.8) with lots of memory.

As you point out, Acrobat 9 is old. It's also no longer supported by Adobe.

Anyone have any ideas on how to stop or reduce this (some redraw I can understand)?

Upgrade to a current/modern/supported version.

You may also want to try removing any/all 3rd party plugins you have installed to see if the problem goes away.

 

[pcmodem]

I was going to suggest installing the current version of Reader to see if the problem goes away. It it truly does, then you know you need to upgrade.

 

[BarbWPP]

Check through the preferences for something relating to screen view quality. Going to a lower quality setting may speed up the redraw, but it would affect the final view quality. It may help enough to speed up your work temporarily.