Preventing a PDF file from growing so much Thread poster: Anthony Green
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When I make text adjustments to a PDF file of around 400K it soon grows to 20 times that size. Is there anything I can do to prevent this? It makes exchanging files extremely laborious!
Anthony
| | | | | use Save As instead of Save | Mar 10, 2004 |
Try using the Save As command when you're done, instead of Save - that should re-compact it.
HtH,
Roberta
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If you have Acrobat 6, there is an option "reduce the size of the file" (or whatever it's called in an English version)
("File", 10th line)
I cannot remember this option in the previous versions however.
Of course, this is to be done *after* Roberta's solution.
| | | | Anthony Green 
Italy
Local time: 23:10
Italian to English
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TOPIC STARTER
Roberta Anderson wrote:
Try using the Save As command when you're done, instead of Save - that should re-compact it.
HtH,
Roberta
This is a perfect solution - from 6957 Kb to 251 Kb - thanks so much, Roberta!
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Anthony Green
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TOPIC STARTER | I'm "still" on Acrobat 5 | Mar 11, 2004 |
Oddie wrote:
If you have Acrobat 6, there is an option "reduce the size of the file" (or whatever it's called in an English version)
("File", 10th line)
I cannot remember this option in the previous versions however.
Of course, this is to be done *after* Roberta's solution.
Roberta's solution was more than adequate, so no need to upgrade yet again! thanks
| | | | | Save As useful for all formats, not just PDF | Mar 11, 2004 |
the Reduce File Size (or equivalent wording) mentioned by Oddie is - I think - useful to compact a PDF file only if it is set for compatibility with earlier versions - by reducing its backward compatibility, less data are written to the file, so it gets smaller.
Useful tip:
The Save As trick works with most applications, including Word, PageMaker, etc.
As far as I can remember from my tech support days: when you use Save, all new data are added to the end of the file; ... See more the Reduce File Size (or equivalent wording) mentioned by Oddie is - I think - useful to compact a PDF file only if it is set for compatibility with earlier versions - by reducing its backward compatibility, less data are written to the file, so it gets smaller.
Useful tip:
The Save As trick works with most applications, including Word, PageMaker, etc.
As far as I can remember from my tech support days: when you use Save, all new data are added to the end of the file; when you use Save As, any older redundant data gets flushed from the file. So you will see a greater difference in file size if you use Save As after having used Save several times on a file. Especially when dealing with large and frequently edited files, it is a good prevention against file corruption... a bit like Vitamin C! ▲ Collapse
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