Exercise 2: Set background publishing options

Publishing is faster if you turn off background publishing. Settings you change in this dialog box remain in effect for all new drawings until you change the settings again.

Video Tutorial

If you are connected to the Internet, play the video to see how to set DWF and background publishing options. The steps for the second part of this procedure are listed below the video.

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Note: This exercise uses the map you modified in the previous exercise.

To set background publishing options

  1. Click Options.
  2. Click the Plot And Publish tab.
  3. Under Background Processing Options, clear the Publishing check box for Enable Background Plot When.
  4. Click OK.

To continue this tutorial, go to Exercise 3: Publish the map book to DWF format.