Comments on: How can I compress a large PDF to a smaller size so I can eMail it?

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:37:03 +0000

How to do this for image file. Bcoz I think this only works well for text??

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:33:08 +0000

I tried everything, then found out a clever way to do it. Open your Adobe document, go to preferences, there you have the choice to set your resolution higher or lower (pixels / square inch). I set mine down much lower. Then use the previous methods; Open the document then save it and use the Quartz section to make the file smaller. Mine went from 33MB to 587KB. Amazing, and still clear enough to see the images ok.

By: D. Hata

D. Hata — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 02:23:00 +0000

Easiest way……Copy the entire pdf to your clip board and paste into Word (2007 or better) which has a save as pdf option. I saved a 25 mb file down to 181kb.

By: Walter Zelman

Walter Zelman — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:54:00 +0000

i need a safe, free program to compress pdf files to eamail.

By: Tina

Tina — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 21:16:00 +0000

Thanks for the heads-up Laura!

By: Laura

Laura — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 04:17:00 +0000

Don’t use this. It puts its branding all over the documenting. Rendering it useless to public dissemination.

By: Ankitkaulmachama

Ankitkaulmachama — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 04:53:00 +0000

Acrobat 9, Click on Document>then Reduce Pdf Size> then will prompt to click which version or later to reduce, pick any, doesnt really matter> then pick where you want to save it, and voila. Let it reduce it, takes 1-2 minutes and voila your done !

By: Aibek

Aibek — Wed, 23 Feb 2011 08:44:00 +0000

http://convert.neevia.com/pdfcompress/

By: FIDELIS

FIDELIS — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 11:39:00 +0000

Hello, you could use this online pdf compressor. It is free, it works but in order for you to download your file you have to provide an email address. Hope it helps
http://www.cvisiontech.com/online-conversion/general/main.html

By: Tina

Tina — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 20:35:00 +0000

REII, also check out the suggestions that were posted in response to this question: How can I send large files through eMail?

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 19:48:00 +0000

Depends on your operating system and the tools or applications available.

For example Adobe Acrobat has an option called PDF Optimizer which will shrink and compress embedded pictures and other things without loosing much of the quality. You can find it within the Advanced menu

On Mac OS X you could use the built-in Preview.app and it’s Save as… option to reduce the size. The PDF engine used is (almost) as good as the one in Acrobat.

Below are some other tools which offer similar functions. Both offer Trial versions so you don’t have to by a full licence.
http://www.nitropdf.com
http://www.primopdf.com

There is also a free browser based editor PDF Escape. Basically you upload your PDF and then just click on Save & Download. Since my PDF’s are already optimized I can’t tell you how good it is in reducing file size.
http://www.pdfescape.com