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yana_au
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February 24, 2019
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Interactive pdf – submit the form from a huge pdf file

  • February 24, 2019
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Help please!
I have created a heavy and big interactive pdf file. On the last page there is a form. When I try to submit the form, it attaches the whole 30MB pdf to the letter in gmail, which is too heavy, of course, to be sent.
Question to geniuses:  Is it possible to submit only the form page, to extract it somehow from the huge pdf file without creating 2 separate files? Anybody had the same problem?

Thank you a lot in advance!

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Correct answer yana_au

Thank you!  Good to know!
I have placed videos on the pages. If you reduce the resolution, it will have a different vibe, I think. Nobody likes to watch low-res graphics.
Finally, I put the link of the web form into the file and saved it as a epub file. This format actually plays nicely on Mac and Windows. Interactive needs only Acrobat Reader.
Thank you, everybody!

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Luke Jennings
Luke Jennings
Inspiring
February 27, 2019

In addition to the good information above, you may be able to greatly reduce the file size using save-as optimized PDF from Acrobat. Make a copy of your PDF and save-as optimized, downsampling the images to 72 ppi. Also, select all the Discard objects, Discard user data, and clean up options, unless there is something you specifically need (leave the fonts and transparency alone). Save this PDF, then in Acrobat go to Tools> Organize Pages> Replace and navigate to your original PDF and replace. The interactive features should work and the PDF size should be reduced. If you want your viewers to see a high-res version of your PDF, add a link to a high-res version, and/or a web form.

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    yana_auAuthorCorrect answer
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    March 1, 2019

    Thank you!  Good to know!
    I have placed videos on the pages. If you reduce the resolution, it will have a different vibe, I think. Nobody likes to watch low-res graphics.
    Finally, I put the link of the web form into the file and saved it as a epub file. This format actually plays nicely on Mac and Windows. Interactive needs only Acrobat Reader.
    Thank you, everybody!

    Willi Adelberger
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    Willi AdelbergerCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    February 25, 2019

    You need to send only the form data as pdf or fdfx file which is much smaller than the pdf. No need to resend the whole pdf because the sender has it anyway.

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    yana_auAuthor
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    February 25, 2019

    I understand it. But how can I do this? I just put the button SUBMIT, and put  the URL: mailto:...@gmail.com. It sends the whole file. How can I change it to make customers send only one page?

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    Test Screen Name
    Legend
    February 25, 2019

    InDesign only makes a single simple kind of form. For more options edit in Acrobat Pro. Use "Prepare form" even though you have, but don't let it detect form fields.

    Don't expect the form to work in any browser, on any mobile device, or in most PDF viewing apps people use today. Tell them they MUST open in Reader, and hope the understand and believe you. I suggest you actually link to a web form instead if users are not HIGHLY motivated to follow your instruction.

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