How do I make InDesign CS 5 perform decent?

Hi!
I have this new iMac i7 2.93 (4 cores) with 12GB ram, 1GB Vram, 500 gigs free harddisk space and Snow Leopard. Now I also have the new CS5 suite for which I am quite glad. Except for InDesign. It's really really slow!
For starters, I swicthed off the live screen drawing. But even though I'm only having the bounding boxes showing, a simple move of a text box with 3 words can take 3-5 seconds. That is from I let go of the mouse button, till the letters actually show at the new location.
I am going nuts over this! I am currently working on a 20 pages catalogue for print. The funny thing - the same document was faster to work with on my 5 year old PowerMac G5 with CS4 !!!
Please let me know how to solve this, as I am about to go nuts…
Thanks!
Gunnar Birk Kristiansen
Denmark

Propaganda? Really?
Creative Cloud does not require an internet connection except to check the license now and then. That length depends on whether you pay monthly or annually.
If you really want to throw good money after bad, be my guest: http://www.adobe.com/products/catalog/cs6._sl_id-contentfilter_sl_catalog_sl_software_sl_c reativesuite6.html?promoid=KFOZP
BTW, all I did was plug CS6 into the search at Adobe.com. Nobody’s hiding anything.

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Hi,
I have 2 sql query which results the same.
But both has difference in SQL trace.
create table test_table
(u_id number(10),
u_no number(4),
s_id number(10),
s_no number(4),
o_id number(10),
o_no number(4),
constraint pk_test primary key(u_id, u_no));
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commit;
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set autotrace on
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from test_table
where s_id <> o_id
and s_no <> o_no
union all
select o_id, o_no, s_id, s_no
from test_table
where s_id <> o_id
and s_no <> o_no;
Execution Plan
0 SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=ALL_ROWS (Cost=6 Card=8 Bytes=416)
1 0 UNION-ALL
2 1 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'TEST_TABLE' (TABLE) (Cost=3 Card=4 Bytes=208)
3 1 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'TEST_TABLE' (TABLE) (Cost=3 Card=4 Bytes=208)
Statistics
223 recursive calls
2 db block gets
84 consistent gets
0 physical reads
0 redo size
701 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
508 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
2 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
5 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
8 rows processed
-- i didnt understand why the above query is not using the index idx_test_s_id.
-- But still it is faster
select s_id, s_no, o_id, o_no
from test_table
where (u_id, u_no) in
(select u_id, u_no from test_table
minus
select u_id, u_no from test_table
where s_id = o_id
or s_no = o_no)
union all
select o_id, o_no, s_id, s_no
from test_table
where (u_id, u_no) in
(select u_id, u_no from test_table
minus
select u_id, u_no from test_table
where s_id = o_id
or s_no = o_no);
Execution Plan
0 SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=ALL_ROWS (Cost=16 Card=2 Bytes=156)
1 0 UNION-ALL
2 1 FILTER
3 2 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'TEST_TABLE' (TABLE) (Cost=3 Card=6 Bytes=468)
4 2 MINUS
5 4 INDEX (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'PK_TEST' (INDEX (UNIQUE)) (Cost=1 Card=1 Bytes=26)
6 4 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'TEST_TABLE' (TABLE) (Cost=2 Card=1 Bytes=78)
7 6 INDEX (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'PK_TEST' (INDEX (UNIQUE)) (Cost=1 Card=1)
8 1 FILTER
9 8 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'TEST_TABLE' (TABLE) (Cost=3 Card=6 Bytes=468)
10 8 MINUS
11 10 INDEX (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'PK_TEST' (INDEX (UNIQUE)) (Cost=1 Card=1 Bytes=26)
12 10 TABLE ACCESS (BY INDEX ROWID) OF 'TEST_TABLE' (TABLE) (Cost=2 Card=1 Bytes=78)
13 12 INDEX (UNIQUE SCAN) OF 'PK_TEST' (INDEX (UNIQUE)) (Cost=1 Card=1)
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53 recursive calls
8 db block gets
187 consistent gets
0 physical reads
0 redo size
701 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
508 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
2 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
4 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
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2nd query --> SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=ALL_ROWS (Cost=16 Card=2 Bytes=156)
My queries are:
1) performance wise which query is better?
2) how do i make the 1st query to use an index
3) is there any other method to get the same result by using any index
Appreciate your immediate help.
Best regards
Muthu

Hi William
Nice...it works.. I have added "o_id" and "o_no" are in part of the index
and now the query uses the index
Execution Plan
0 SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=ALL_ROWS (Cost=2 Card=8 Bytes=416)
1 0 UNION-ALL
2 1 INDEX (FULL SCAN) OF 'IDX_TEST_S_ID' (INDEX) (Cost=1 Card=4 Bytes=208)
3 1 INDEX (FULL SCAN) OF 'IDX_TEST_S_ID' (INDEX) (Cost=1 Card=4 Bytes=208)
Statistics
7 recursive calls
0 db block gets
21 consistent gets
0 physical reads
0 redo size
701 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
507 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
2 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
0 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
8 rows processed
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Execution Plan
0 SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=ALL_ROWS (Cost=2 Card=8 Bytes=416)
1 0 UNION-ALL
2 1 INDEX (FULL SCAN) OF 'IDX_TEST_S_ID' (INDEX) (Cost=1 Card=4 Bytes=208)
3 1 INDEX (FULL SCAN) OF 'IDX_TEST_S_ID' (INDEX) (Cost=1 Card=4 Bytes=208)
Before it was :
Execution Plan
0 SELECT STATEMENT Optimizer=ALL_ROWS (Cost=6 Card=8 Bytes=416)
1 0 UNION-ALL
2 1 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'TEST_TABLE' (TABLE) (Cost=3 Card=4 Bytes=208)
3 1 TABLE ACCESS (FULL) OF 'TEST_TABLE' (TABLE) (Cost=3 Card=4 Bytes=208)
Difference only in Cost (reduced), not in Card, Bytes.
Can you explain, how can i decide which makes the performace better (Cost / Card / Bytes). Full Scan / Range Scan?
On statistics also:
Before:
Statistics
52 recursive calls
0 db block gets
43 consistent gets
0 physical reads
0 redo size
701 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
507 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
2 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
0 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
8 rows processed
After:
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7 recursive calls
0 db block gets
21 consistent gets
0 physical reads
0 redo size
701 bytes sent via SQL*Net to client
507 bytes received via SQL*Net from client
2 SQL*Net roundtrips to/from client
0 sorts (memory)
0 sorts (disk)
8 rows processed
Difference in recursive calls & consistent gets.
Which one shows the query with better performance?
Please explain..
Regards
Muthu

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I have a problem with my bookmarks, cookies, history or settings
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How can I make a backup listing of all of my Firefox bookmarks, with completely written out URLs, so I can print it out from a word processing document? Please email me the answer-
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<blockquote>duplicate. Locked. Please continue [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/forum/1/727213 here] -MJB</blockquote>
== Firefox version
==
2.0.0.4
== Operating system
==
PPC Mac OS X Mach-O
== User Agent
==
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070515 Firefox/2.0.0.4
== Plugins installed
==
*-Netscape Navigator Default Plug-in
*Runs Java applets using the latest installed versions of Java. For more information: Java Embedding Plugin. Run version test: Test Your JVM.
*Plugin that plays RealMedia content
*The QuickTime Plugin allows you to view a wide variety of multimedia content in web pages. For more information, visit the QuickTime Web site.
*Shockwave Flash 9.0 r260
*Provides support for Digital Rights Management
*Provides support for Windows Media.
*Java 1.3.1 Plug-in (CFM)
*Macromedia Shockwave for Director Netscape plug-in, version 8.5.1
*Java 1.3.1 Plug-in

Hello.
Although possibly not related to your problem, I have to remind you that the version of Firefox you are using at the moment has been discontinued and is no longer supported. On top of this, it has known unpatched bugs and security problems. I urge you to update to the latest version of Firefox, for maximum security, stability, performance and usability. You can get it for free, as always, at [http://www.getfirefox.com getfirefox.com].

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