Specifying memory options

You can increase the amount of memory available using swap disks. When you perform an action that requires more RAM than is available in your computer, image information can be swapped to the hard disk. If you have two hard disks, or two partitions, you can set up both a primary and a secondary disk.

Although swap disks let you artificially increase the amount of memory available on your computer, swapping image information to hard disks requires more processing time than when it is sent to your computer’s RAM.

You can also choose how much of the available RAM on your computer is reserved for storing the images you open and edit. Set the amount of memory based on the type of work you perform and the number of applications you usually run simultaneously. If you increase the amount of memory reserved for images and find the application’s performance has decreased, you might need to reduce this amount so that more RAM is available to run the application.


To create swap disk space for temporary storage

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Click Tools CorelDRAW onestep Specifying memory options Options.
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Click Workspace, and click Memory in the list of categories.
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Choose a disk from the Primary disk list box.
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Choose a disk from the Secondary disk list box.
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Click OK.
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Restart the application to apply the changes.

CorelDRAW note Specifying memory options

 
You should set the total amount of disk space two or three times larger than the size of your uncompressed images.
 
Primary and secondary swap disk space are allocated to the user’s temp folder by default. You can change the swap disk space folder only if you have sufficient privileges on your system.

To specify how much RAM is used

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Click Tools CorelDRAW onestep Specifying memory options Options.
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Click Workspace, and click Memory in the list of categories.
The Memory usage area of the Memory page displays the total amount of memory available on your computer.
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In the Maximum box, type the percentage of the total memory you want to make available for storing drawings.
The amount of memory this percentage corresponds to appears to the right of the Max box.
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Restart CorelDRAW for the new settings to take effect.

Specifying memory options