Decreasing size of pdf files.
The easiest way I have found to deal with this is to use a piece of
software that is already on your computer. it is called "ColorSync
Utility.app" From finder select the "Go" menu, and select Utilities
Folder. In this folder you will find the ColorSync application.
Open the application, then go to the File menu and select open. Find
the pdf file you want to shrink and select it. You will see the
first page of the pdf file in a 'preview window', and at the bottom
of the window you will find a drop down menu with "Filter" by the
side of it. Use the drop down menu to select "Reduce File Size", and
then click "Apply". You can then close and save the document, which
will now be a smaller size.
It works quite well, and on several occasions I have managed to end
up with a file of under 1MB, after starting with file sizes in excess
on 10MB.
And the big thing is that it is already hiding on your computer.
Hope that helps.
Daniel F.
On 14/07/2005, at 13:52, Kaye and Geoff wrote:
Hi,
We were asked to turn a PC-using friend's MSoft Word docs into PDFs
to make them smaller (she needs to email them to multiple
recipients). However, the PDF created by printing under OSX
(10.2.8) is much larger (5.2Mb) than the original Word document
(2.6Mb).
We tried the same file on our other Mac (OS10.3.3) and produced a
slightly smaller file (5.1Mb).
Does anyone know if this is standard for PDFs created in this way,
and if Acrobat produces smaller PDFs than those created under OSX?
Cheers,
Kaye and Geoff
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