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Sondre5FE7
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August 19, 2020
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Saving Reduced PDF increases file size

  • August 19, 2020
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Using Adobe Acrobat Standard DC, Version 2020.012.20041

 

When I try to reduce the file size by using File - Save as Other - Reduced Size PDF, the resulting file size is larger than what I started with.  Is this a bug or am I doing something wrong?

 

Thanks,

Sondre

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Dov Isaacs
Dov Isaacs
Legend
August 20, 2020

Ultimately, whether in fact either the reduced size PDF or Save as Optimized PDF functions actually reduce your PDF file's size or in some cases increase same is dependent upon the nature of the file's content itself. File size reduction is not guaranteed. (Always keep a copy of the file prior to invoking such a function!)

 

- Dov Isaacs, former Adobe Principal Scientist (April 30, 1990 - May 30, 2021)
    ls_rbls
    Community Expert
    ls_rblsCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    August 19, 2020

    The file that you shared is above 5MB.

     

    Is that the original file size before you reduced or is that the resulting copy after you reduce the file?

     

    Is this a copy for us to compare how reducing this file on our will match a different file size?

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