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You can turn off previewing of placed images when you need to work quickly. You can
then turn previewing back on when you want to view the finished art.
To determine how placed EPS images appear:
1 Choose Edit > Preferences > Files & Clipboard.
2 Select the Use Low Resolution Proxy for Linked EPS option to view a bitmap proxy of
the placed image. Deselect the option to view a high-resolution vector image.
To set Outline view for placed EPS images:
1 Choose File > Document Setup. Choose Artboard from the pop-up menu at the top left
of the Document Setup dialog box.
2 Select Show Images in Outline to specify that placed images should display a preview
image when seen in Outline view and click OK. (See “
Opening and placing artwork” on
page 33.)
To display transparency interactions with linked images:
1 If necessary, choose Window > Links.
2 From the Links palette menu, choose Palette Options.
3 Select Show Transparency Interactions and click OK.
Using plug-in modules
Plug-in modules are software programs developed by Adobe Systems, and by other
software developers in conjunction with Adobe Systems, to add features to Adobe
Illustrator. A number of special effects plug-ins come with your program and are automat-
ically installed in the Plug-ins folder.
If you change the location of the Plug-ins folder, or if you want to use a different folder as
your plug-ins folder, you must use the Plug-ins Preferences command to tell Illustrator
about the new location of the plug-ins.
You can also use plug-ins from Adobe Photoshop versions 3.0 to 5.5. In addition, you can
use any commercial plug-in designed for use with Photoshop or Illustrator.
To avoid duplicating your plug-in filters between the two programs, make a shortcut
(Windows) or an alias (Mac OS) to your Photoshop plug-in filters in your Illustrator
Plug-ins folder. Note that Illustrator 10.0 does not support plug-ins from Photoshop 6.0.
To specify the location of plug-in modules:
1 Do one of the following:
• In Windows or Mac OS, choose Edit > Preferences > Plug-ins & Scratch Disks.
• In Mac OS X, choose Illustrator > Preferences > Plug-ins & Scratch Disks.
2 Click Choose and select the folder containing the plug-in modules, then click OK.
3 Quit Illustrator, and then start it again for the plug-in modules to take effect.
To install an Adobe Systems plug-in module:
If an installer is provided, use it to install the plug-in module. Otherwise, drag a copy of the
module to the Plug-ins folder inside the Adobe Illustrator folder.
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