I had an 8.3 MB PDF file that was reduced to a little over 3 MB using this method, with no noticeable reduction in quality.
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To reduce the file size of a PDF generated with OS X's print to PDF feature, choose the Reduce File Size Quartz Filter from the Color Sync options in the print dialog.
I had an 8.3 MB PDF file that was reduced to a little over 3 MB using this method, with no noticeable reduction in quality.
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10.3: Reduce PDF file size when printing to PDF
I tried this just now with some word processing documents (all text, no images), and there was no change. :-(
10.3: Reduce PDF file size when printing to PDF
No longer so stupid. Please read the "10.3: Use ColorSync Utility for PDF refinement" hint. You can create personalised settings to make your PDFs even smaller. OS X is really becoming the best OS in this world.....
10.3: Reduce PDF file size when printing to PDF
See, though, this doesn't apply to me. That's for image compression; I'm talking about text documents that have ballooned up from Jag to Panther.
10.3: Reduce PDF file size when printing to PDF
Maybe the default is know to include the fonts, and that was not the case before?
10.3: Reduce PDF file size when printing to PDF
I printed a lot of stuff to PDF before Panther, and my fonts always carried with the document.
10.3: Reduce PDF file size when printing to PDF
Sorry to sound dumb, but I tried this and when I selected Color Sync, I didn't get any options. Could someone please provide a few steps here.
10.3: Reduce PDF file size when printing to PDF
I've just posted a thread at MacNN showing how to do this:
Fixes long standing bullet problem
I'm guessing the reason the filesizes get bigger for text is because it includes the fonts (or at least all used characters) when making PDFs. This is SUPER useful for those of us who use Word, and PDF in the bussiness world.
Fixes long standing bullet problem
Jaguar did that, too, font embedding.
Fixes long standing bullet problem
The reason the bullet points disappeared when a Word document was saved to PDF was that the bullets were from the Symbol font and would not display in Adobe Reader. If you change the font used for the bullets to Times or any other standard font then the bullets display as they should - even across platforms.
Fixes long standing bullet problem
If I understand you, bullets created by using the Bullet tool in the Formatting Pallete are created with the Symbol font. Is there any way to change these bullets to, say, Times other than creating your bullets manually (by typing [Option-8]) instead of using the Bullet tool? Is there any way to force Word to use the document font when creating bullets with the Bullet tool? |
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