[X-Newbies] PDF file compression.

[Brian Durant]

Thanks John,

Unfortunately it all looks like it is all shareware. I wasn't planning
on buying an app just for one .pdf file.

Cheers,

Brian

On 1/4/07, John McGibney <ncicchek at optonline.net> wrote:
> versiontracker.com has several pdf utilities. Try this link:
> <http://www.versiontracker.com/php/search.php?
> PHPSESSID=df81b8697aebca8abd1209c8999d5a0f&mode=basic&action=search&str=
> pdf+compression&srchArea=mac%7Cosx&x=0&y=0>
>
> John
>
> On Jan 4, 2007, at 3:02 PM, Robert MacLeay wrote:
>
> > Much depends on what is stored in the file, and what version of the
> > pdf
> > standard was used originally.
> >
> > Adobe Acrobat Pro has a Reduce File Size feature which works as
> > advertised.
> > It works by (1) saving in a later, more efficient pdf format [which
> > will
> > make it unreadable by earlier pdf readers]; (2) drastically
> > increasing the
> > compression of included graphics; and (3) deleting duplicated
> > elements.
> > There may be other things it does as well.
> > ....
> >
> >  On 1/4/07 12:40 PM, "Brian Durant" <globetrotterdk at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I have a UN .pdf file that I would like to distribute online to a
> >> social networking site. Unfortunately, the site only allows max 1 MB
> >> uploads and of course the UN, being a bit of a talking shop, the .pdf
> >> file weighs in at 2.3 MB. How can I get the file from a bloated
> >> 2.3 MB
> >> to a svelte 1MB? I have tried Unarchiver and Guitar which are both
> >> excellent utilities, but don't do the trick. I also don't want to
> >> strip anything from the .pdf  as it then would no longer be the same
> >> authorized file. I just need to be able to compress the hell out of
> >> it.
> >>
> >> Any ideas??
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Brian
>
>
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