Meztli Posted October 2, 2020 Posted October 2, 2020 Hello, I work on files that are 20 to 35 MB. Lots of pages (300 to 600), lots of master pages (10 to 20) and lots of hyperlinks in pages and masters. I make calendars, so the pages have tables and text, no photos. And every-time I want to edit text, I get the spinning wheel for 30+ seconds... it is driving me crazy. This happens in all my calendar files, not just one. I have Publisher 1.8.4 My specs are: 2018 MacMini macOS 10.15.6 Processor: 3.6 GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i3 Memory: 32 GB 2667 MHz DDR4 Graphics: Intel UHD Graphics 630 1536 MB 128GB SSD storage I'm attaching photos to show the kind of pages I have. For affinity staff: if you give me a link I can share my editable if you think there could be something to see in the file itself. For everyone: Let's assume I get a new computer, what specs exactly should I look for??? Thank youuu! IMG_3563.MOV Quote
garrettm30 Posted October 2, 2020 Posted October 2, 2020 44 minutes ago, Meztli said: For everyone: Let's assume I get a new computer, what specs exactly should I look for??? I do not think you would significantly solve the problem with a new computer. Your integrated graphics appears to be the weakest component, but I have a hunch this problem is manifesting some kind of bottleneck in the CPU. Your CPU is not cutting edge but still perfectly capable. Even if you were to put a lot of money into a CPU twice as fast (just to throw out simple numbers just for illustration), cutting that typing delay in half from, say, 30 seconds to 15 seconds is a big theoretical gain but still does not give you a realistically workable solution. No, rather, I do think this is an opportunity for Serif to get a private copy of that file and see if there is some kind of bug, or if not, some alternate layout approach to suggest. Meztli 1 Quote
Staff Gabe Posted October 13, 2020 Staff Posted October 13, 2020 Hi @Meztli, Sorry for the delayed reply. Can you use this link to upload your file please? https://www.dropbox.com/request/n4uSEKdXr3yDRUhTyI3p Quote
Meztli Posted October 13, 2020 Author Posted October 13, 2020 @Gabe File Uploaded, thanks! @garrettm30 Thank you for your input! Quote
Staff Gabe Posted October 13, 2020 Staff Posted October 13, 2020 I need the afpub file, not the pdf Quote
Meztli Posted October 13, 2020 Author Posted October 13, 2020 3 minutes ago, Gabe said: I need the afpub file, not the pdf Oh god 🤦♀️ sorry I didn't mean to upload that one. Uploaded the right one now Quote
Staff Gabe Posted October 13, 2020 Staff Posted October 13, 2020 Without your Geometria Font, it's fine. I wonder if that's the cause of the Spinning BeachBall. Can you also attach the font/s please? Quote
Meztli Posted October 14, 2020 Author Posted October 14, 2020 23 hours ago, Gabe said: Without your Geometria Font, it's fine. I wonder if that's the cause of the Spinning BeachBall. Can you also attach the font/s please? Interesting. Font uploaded. The lag happens when I edit the text so make sure to try and edit the text once you have the font. Thanks Gabe Quote
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