Beachball in Preview for certain pdf documents

Hi,
I have problems reading documents containg larger graphics in pdf format with Preview. I see a spinning beachball for a long period (>1min) and my whole system is completeley blocked. Acroread loads the page slowly, but much faster than Preview (about 5s).
Can I do something to improve the behaviour of Preview? A blocked system is really annoying.
Gernot

Hi, Gernot.
1. In Preview's Preferences, under PDF, try deselecting (unchecking) the following options if selected:• Anti-alias text and line art.
• Remember last page viewed.I suspect the first option (anti-alias) may be causing the delay if the PDF contains very large, high-res images.
2. See the "Troubleshooting performance problems" section of my "Tuning Mac OS X Performance" FAQ.
3. There are other potential causes for long delays when opening documents, generally on the order of 30-35 seconds. See my "Spinning Beach Ball Of Death (SBBOD)" FAQ, specifically the section entitled "SBBOD spins for 30-35 seconds. You may hear your hard drives spinning up."
PS: As a tip for future question posts, I recommend adding the amount of RAM installed in your PowerBook to the information in your profile. Click "My Settings" in the "Welcome yourscreenname" box in the upper-right corner of this page, then add that detail to the "Computer" field therein. Use the "Other Computer Information" field if additional space is required.
Good luck!
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