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I'm making manuals in word that contain text, graphics (tech drawings, photos, etc.) most are line art or gray scale images and would like to distribute via email. To get files under 2.5 mb I'm converting to PDF using Acrobat 4.0.
Here's the problem: sometimes the PDF is smaller than the word.doc (which was essentially the reason for converting to PDF) but other times the PDF is considerably larger. I cannot for the life of me understand why or predict which files this will happen to. IE: 1.5 mb word file becomes over 3mb using the default compression settings (and higher for 'high' jpg / CCITT grp4 settings). What's the deal? I assumed every word.doc would get smaller when PDFed/compressed and how much smaller would depend entirely on the compression settings used . . . sorry if this sounds silly &/or simple . . .
My goal is to have them all in the same format IE: Word or PDF, however I can't do this if the smaller (<2.5mb) word files are going to balloon up to 4-5mb for no apparent (to me) reason?
Any tips would be most appreciated. I'm looking for the best quality image while keeping the file size to a minimum so any tips re: compression settings would also be most appreciated.
Thank you kindly for any/all help offered.
Kindest Regards, - PDF Pete
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