To Set How Scrolling Affects Redrawing; To Enable Object Previews While Dragging; To Preview An Object While Dragging It; To Set The Maximum Number Of Objects To Preview While Dragging - MACROMEDIA FREEHAND MX 11 Use Manual

To set how scrolling affects redrawing:

Display redraw preferences by doing one of the following:
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In Windows, press Control+U, then click the Redraw tab.
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On the Macintosh, press Command+U, then click the Redraw category.
Select Redraw While Scrolling to redraw the document when you click a scroll arrow or
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scroll bar.
When this option is deselected, the document is redrawn when scrolling stops.
Click OK.
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To enable object previews while dragging:

Display object preferences by doing one of the following:
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In Windows, press Control+U, then click the Object tab.
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On the Macintosh, press Command+U, then click the Object category.
Deselect the Alt-Drag Copies Paths option (Windows) or the Option-Drag Copies Paths
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option (Macintosh), if it is selected.
Click OK.
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To preview an object while dragging it:

Press and hold down Alt (Windows) or Option (Macintosh).
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Drag the object.
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Note: Before dragging the object, ensure that the Alt-Drag Copies Paths option (Windows) or the Option-Drag
Copies Paths option (Macintosh) is deselected in object preferences. See the previous procedure.

To set the maximum number of objects to preview while dragging:

Display redraw preferences by doing one of the following:
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In Windows, press Control+U, then click the Redraw tab.
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On the Macintosh, press Command+U, then click the Redraw category.
Enter a value in the Preview Drag text box.
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Note: Previewing a large number of objects can slow redrawing.
Click OK.
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To drag an object without previewing it:
Drag the object within the Document window.
The object's path displays the object's movement, similar to the way in which objects appear in
Keyline mode.
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