Graphic file formatsx

[Rich Shepard]

On Wed, 8 Dec 2021, Dr Eberhard Lisse wrote:

> What does "slowly" mean?

It means that when the compiled PDF document reaches a page with the large
data image it sits there while the image appears. I've not timed it but it's
much longer than displaying a new page with text or smaller images.

> One could try the "draft" option (of graphicx) which should speed
> things up until the production runs.

Regardless of a 'draft' image loading more quickly that's not what readers
use.

> For my big handbook (which takes 110 seconds to compile (70 on the M1))
> I have split this into child documents which compile individually
> within 10 to 15 seconds.

How about loading a PDF image that's 3,704,503 bytes in size while reading
your big handbook?

Rich