Acrobat is the only application where you attempt to get rid of elements and the file size increases. I had one that started out around 1.5 megs and after I ran examine document and got rid of hidden text and hidden and cropped images it ended up around 12 megs.
Big, big, and bigger file sizes
2010-04-21 07:34:30
My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro Extended 9.3.1, Windows
Acrobat Pro Extended 9.3.1, Windows
2010-04-21 11:20:49
#1
Save the file as a Postscript file(.ps), then use Distiller "refry" it. You will lose all of your bookmarks, links, etc, but it will be smaller.
2010-04-21 11:38:58
#2
Thanks. I do this very thing quite a bit. Some people frown on "refrying" but I don't. I just think the phenomena of files getting bigger when attempting to remove stuff is rather odd.
2010-04-21 11:51:11
#3
run 'reduce file size' on the file
2010-04-21 11:54:27
#4
It is odd, and it happens more than I would like. Must be something behind the scenes of how the file is being rewritten as a PDF. A while ago Adobe did a behind the scenes of what makes up a PDF file, but I can't find it on the site anymore.
2010-04-21 12:29:57
#5
If you are using the "Optimize PDF", you need to check your conversion settings and make sure they are the same as how you originally set them. Also you might try a 'Save as' action to remove some of the artifacts.
2010-04-22 07:32:24
#6
Sometimes you can do "all of the above" and the file size will still grow. In those cases only "refrying" the PDF works. Why?
2010-04-26 02:14:26
#7
the conversion settings are important. Check out you do not give the images a high quality settings.