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There must be something wrong with the client's system, or configuration. Rich -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Julia Myers Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 12:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [PDF-Basics] Please help!- Compressing Acrobat Files PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | http://www.pdfzone.com/ __________________________________________________________________ This is just a comment on part of the question-- I put a lot of pdf's on a site for a client, but the client was unable to download any until they were below 200K (Even with DSL.) And I wonder if they should be smaller. I would like to know a target size for pdf's for the web as well. I do know many webmasters recommend 64 K for a max web page size including graphics, because so much of the country still relies on slow connections. -- Julia On Jan 11, 2004, at 7:34 AM, DL Musman wrote: > > PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | > http://www.pdfzone.com/ > __________________________________________________________________ > > Dear Rich, > > Hi and thanks so much for getting back to me. I am new to Acrobat and > have an urgent job that needs to be online tomorrow. > > I admit that I originally scanned the pages in at 300dpi, but that was > only because they looked fuzzy when I scanned them in at a 150 dpi. I > thought I could compress them after. I brought them straight into > Acorbat and immediately made one big .pdf file of about 28 MB. I then > saved this as a .ps file and then distilled it, and got the file size > down to about 5MB. > > It would take me quite along time to scan the pages all in again, so > am wondering if this will work...? > I have now split the big file up into lots of smaller separate .pdf > files, and linked them together using the thumbnail options. Now I > have a CONTENTS page which still says 5 MB , but the thumbnails in it > link to each page which are smaller .pdf files, ranging from about > 130 kb to 280 kb in file size. (There is also one page which is 1MB in > file size. ) > > Are these unreasonable file sizes to put online, and do you think I am > doing the right thing? I assumed that if I linked alll these smaller > pages using thumbnails to the first main contents page it would load > each one individually, which would be quicker than waiting for the > whole 5MB at once. However now I have linked them to the Contents > page, it has increased its file size back again to 5MB, so perhaps > what I have done is put all the other pages into it, instead of just > linking them. > > I dont want to bother you too much, but at the moment you are my only > lifeline on this, and if you can help, or make any further > suggestions, it would be very Very appreciated. > Thank you again, > Debbie > >> From: "Rich Sprague" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Subject: RE: [PDF-Basics] Please help!- Compressing Acrobat Files >> Date: Sat, 10 Jan 2004 13:46:00 -0800 >> >> >> PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | >> http://www.pdfzone.com/ >> __________________________________________________________________ >> >> How are you making this PDF file? >> >> The other day I helped someone with a bloated PDF file from scanned >> pages. >> It was 300+ pages and 25mb. It was also scanned in at 600 dpi >> resolution. >> Using PDF optimizer (built in with Acrobat 6), I was able to reduce >> the dpi to 150, and the file size to 6mb. But remember, it was 300 >> pages. Your images should look (and print) great at 150 dpi. I have a >> sample PDF page with text, graphics and images, in color, at at 150 >> dpi it is 124k. >> >> Try scanning your pages at either 150 or 300 dpi, save them as tiffs, >> and make your PDF from there. >> >> Hope this helps. >> >> Rich >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DL Musman >> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 12:18 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: [PDF-Basics] Please help!- Compressing Acrobat Files >> >> >> PDF-Basics is a service provided by PDFzone.com | >> http://www.pdfzone.com/ >> __________________________________________________________________ >> >> Wonder can anyone please help? >> I scanned in a 16 page report (including text, photos and graphical >> drawings) and created a .pdf document from this to put online as part >> of a website. The final 16 page .pdf document was 28 MB file size! >> But at least it looked good at this size. >> I have tried compressing this document in several ways, but it looks >> terrible even at 5.06 MB. I have used the Acrobat Distiller 5, and >> have also remembered to use "fast web compression", but if I make it >> any smaller in file size it looks bad and hard to read. I dont think >> that breaking this document up into smaller ones would look very >> good, but may need to.....Is there some way to compress this file and >> still keep decent quality? I have tried the help section, but it is >> confusing. Many thanks to any one can help! >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> It's fast, it's easy and it's free. 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