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carolo36265011
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April 5, 2020
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PDF FILE SIZE

  • April 5, 2020
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Hi my PDF file created using Adobe Acrobat DC is too large to email. How do I reduce the file size? Thanks.

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Dov Isaacs
Dov Isaacs
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April 5, 2020

Note that one cannot legislate the size of a PDF file. The primary factors that yield large PDF files are:

 

(1)  A combination of many, large, and/or very high resolution raster images. For this situation, your choice is to either limit the number of images and/or reduce the resolution or compression quality of those images. Of course, at some point, if you overdo it, you can end up with images that are pixelated and/or too low quality.

 

(2)  Exceptionally-complex vector diagrams, especially those coming from CAD software. Such vector diagrams can be converted into raster images that might be smaller, but you might end up with the problems of (1) above.

 

Generally, the numer of pages itself is not a factor in PDF file size. It's what's on those pages!  😁

 

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
Bernd Alheit
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Bernd AlheitCommunity Expert
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April 5, 2020

Use Tools > Share and email the link.

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carolo36265011Author
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April 5, 2020

Thanks Bernd Alheit, I sent the file as a cloud link in my email which I hope works for the receiver.

My base document has a lot of images and text and is 96 pages long which is why the file is so large.

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