MACROMEDIA DIRECTOR MX-USING DIRECTOR MX, Use Manual

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To determine the layout of the items to print, click Options and select from the following:
Scale
provides options to print at 100%, 50%, or 25% of the original size.
Frame Borders
creates a border around each frame.
Frame Numbers
prints the frame number with each frame.
Registration Marks
places marks on every page to align the page for reproduction.
Storyboard Format
is available only when you select 50% or 25% images to print. This option
places marker comments next to the frame image.
Date and Filename in Header
prints a header on each page. The header consists of the name of
the Director movie and the current date.
Custom Footer
prints a footer on each page. Type the footer in the field.
The image at the left of the dialog box previews the layout options.
Monitoring memory use
The Memory inspector displays information about how much memory is available to Director for
your movie and indicates how much memory different parts of the current movie use and the
total disk space the movie occupies. It also can purge all removable items from RAM if you are
about to perform a memory-intensive operation.
Note: The Memory inspector is not available on Macintosh.
To use the Memory inspector:
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Select Window > Memory Inspector.
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Observe the following memory use indicators:
Total Memory
displays the total system memory available, including the amount of RAM
installed on your computer and any available virtual memory.
Physical Memory
shows the amount of actual RAM installed in the system.
Total Used
indicates how much RAM is being used for a movie.
Free Memory
indicates how much more memory is currently available in your system.
Other Memory
indicates the amount of memory used by other applications.
Used by Program
indicates the amount of memory used by Director (excluding the amount of
memory used by the Director application file).
Cast and Score
indicates the amount of memory used by the cast members in the Cast window
and the notation in the Score window. Cast members include all the artwork in the Paint
window, all the text in the Text windows, cast members that use the Matte ink in the Score,
thumbnail images in the Cast window, and any sounds, palettes, buttons, digital video movies,
or linked files that are imported into the cast and are currently loaded into memory.
Screen Buffer
shows how much memory Director reserves for a working area while executing
animation on the Stage.