<< I just tested one of ours, and the RTF as printed in the PDF is not searchable. But we certainly don’t have the size issue you do. >> I take it you're just adding a paragraph or two of legalese? In this application, the entire 9 pages is RTF text from a variety of stored-in-the-database documents. So I can see why these documents might wind up being quite a bit larger than the ones you're generating.
For the time being, the file size (3 to 4 megs) while not ideal is livable-with. -- Larry

