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    Default Illustrator redraw glitches

    hey guys,

    I know there's more than a couple of illustrator/adobe CS gurus around, so I thought I'd ask a quick question :

    I'm currently making a bunch of logos and stuff in AI (CS3) and finding that some parts of the screen aren't redrawing properly when I pan/zoom around.
    By which I mean, pieces of the artwork are missing blocks.

    The problem goes away if I zoom in then back out, or if I pick up an object and wave it over the affected area.

    It's a bit annoying, to say the least. I can't find any options in Illustrator Preferences for display drawing (other than a slider for the hand tool).

    Anyone come across this before and know what's up?

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    The white rectangle that seems to be drawn over the top of the other stuff should NOT be there. It's not a vector object either, it's a screen artifact! It will go away if I pan/zoom.

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    Is your page size so big that your computer can't keep up with your commands? Might be a memory problem.

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    Quote Originally Posted by krolly View Post
    Is your page size so big that your computer can't keep up with your commands? Might be a memory problem.
    That is probably it!
    While the doc itself is only 1.2Mb on disk, it's a big canvas. I think I probably set it up as a print document, A4 size. Not sure though as I can't get illustrator to tell me anything about the document (other than 'A4').

    This machine does have 2gb RAM, I will try mucking around with scratch disk settings or something..
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