FYI to all, I changed the image compression options from JPEG to off, since we only use either SVGs or PNGs in our documents.
The file size dropped dramatically. As in, it's back to what I expected. Now if I can just get the text within the SVG graphics to be searchable (a major reason for the upgrade), I'll be happy. I'm already in touch with Kapil about that. On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 3:58 PM, Lin Sims <[email protected]> wrote: > And, just testing it, but Adobe Acrobat was not able to find text inside a > graphic, which was a big reason why we upgraded. I'll have to look into > that, but I bet you're right, Robert. I bet that's the cause. > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 3:57 PM, Lin Sims <[email protected]> wrote: > >> <blink> >> >> Shoot, you're right. Adobe finally fixed the SVG generation into PDF so >> that the SVG graphics are searchable again. Or so they say, I haven't >> actually tried to search for anything. >> >> On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 3:54 PM, Robert Lauriston <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Maybe there's a change in how FrameMaker 12 handles SVGs when >>> generating PDFs? Could the rasterization quality default have changed? >>> >>> On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Lin Sims <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > Nope. All the images are SVGs that are copied into the file (yes, I >>> know, >>> > but we're kinda stuck with that as part of the process). >>> > >>> > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 2:24 PM, Robert Lauriston < >>> [email protected]> >>> > wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Are of the image compression options different? >>> >> >>> >> On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Lin Sims <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >> > Nope. It's off by default. I had switched it on for one of the PDF >>> >> > generations, because I was hoping to use the import comments from >>> PDF to >>> >> > Frame, but it turns out that really isn't as useful as I'd hoped, >>> so the >>> >> > next time I created the PDF, I made sure it was off. >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Robert Lauriston < >>> [email protected]> >>> >> > wrote: >>> >> >> >>> >> >> If that happened to me, I'd still want to know where the bloat was >>> >> >> coming from. PDFs larger than 10MB still present problems for me on >>> >> >> occasion, and files becoming 4X larger without any additional data >>> >> >> strongly suggests that a property setting was inappropriately >>> changed >>> >> >> in the upgrade or some new property setting is at an inappropriate >>> >> >> default. >>> >> >> >>> >> >> The Generate Tagged PDF option didn't get switched on, did it? >>> >> >> >>> >> >> On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Lin Sims <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >> >> > Well, on the minus side, regenerating those files and trying all >>> the >>> >> >> > tips >>> >> >> > y'all have so kindly provided has not reduced the file size >>> >> >> > appreciably. >>> >> >> > >>> >> >> > On the plus side, I've discovered that it is, in fact, possible >>> to >>> >> >> > put >>> >> >> > the >>> >> >> > shared-review-enabled PDF onto the cloud storage site, where we >>> have >>> >> >> > unlimited storage. The reviewers still have to download it >>> locally, >>> >> >> > but >>> >> >> > they >>> >> >> > always had to do that. I no longer need to send it as an >>> attachment >>> >> >> > to >>> >> >> > an >>> >> >> > email, so the situation has become the one Fred thought it was to >>> >> >> > begin >>> >> >> > with. :-) >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > -- >>> >> > Lin Sims >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Lin Sims >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Lin Sims >> > > > > -- > Lin Sims > -- Lin Sims
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