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Can't Reduce File Size in Adobe Acrobat Pro DC - Program Crashes

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November 18, 2019
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I use Adobe Acrobat Pro DC and I used to be able to reduce the file size of the PDF two different ways. One way was to optimize the PDF, the other was just to save as a reduced file size. Both stopped working a few days ago. My Adobe crashes and forces close every time I try either way now.

I found a setting that said "Always reduce file size when saving if larger than 10MB" so I checked the box and tried a few files; worked awesome. Thought I solved my problem. But a few documents later, I'm right back to square one. When I attempt to save the document, it crashes and forces close. The error message I get just says "Adobe Acrobat has stopped working." The only option is to close the program.

I've worked with tech support within my company who tried reinstalling and reinstalling the program, checking for updates, etc. Nothing has solved the problem. It is very frustrating because I have to send these documents via email, and there is a 10MB limit on some of the emails I have to send them to. I have a Windows 10 OS.
Has this been an issue for anyone else? How do I fix this?

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Vizzie

Inspiring

Yes, I had to get Acrobat Pro ---Adobe charges are now so high... If you're willing to go thru the hoops, try my go around. It's annoying, but will reduce much more in several steps...

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uscmarketing

Participating Frequently

Hi there,

Wanted to add to this thread as I am having the same problem. Actually many designers in my department are. We have not found a solution around this. We noticed that this first started when all the Adobe products got updated a few months ago with new releases. Since that time we have tried everything everyone in this thread has attempted.

We also rely primarily on handing off proofs / mocks (lower-res) in PDF format to get signed off on from managers through Adobe Acrobat. Where in the past I could compress a 100MB file size down to 5MB and email it to a CD, now it's impossible and creates a block in workflow. The team is trying to find a solution....online proofing and just getting rid of Acrobat altogether.

If there is an update to this issue, please advise. Otherwise my team is dumping Acrobat due to workflow efficiencies.

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DRUN2

Participant

So glad you posted this. I thought it was just me and was losing my mind as to what was going on. But unlike you, I was first using the Acrobat Reader. I use to be able to use "Download as a PDF" from Google Docs using Acrobat Reader and then "Save As", and it would automatically reduce the size of my file from near 5MB to 80KB which would be faster to send as a file or acceptable for most uploads/attachment for resume files. Then all of a sudden it stopped around near the end of May and the file was staying the same without any changes. And I didn't add or change anyhting to the files I was looking to send as a PDF. It stayed at a huge 4.89MB which is too big and not acceptable for most places that accept file uploads. I never had to Optimize or Reduce it before. Then I thought getting Acrobat Pro DC would solve the problem. I used Optimize and Reduce file and it still stayed at a large size, no where near the size it use to reduce it to before to KB file size. It slowed my job search cause PDF is what I used and now the file size is too big. Not sure if it was an update they did that caused this but I can't figure anything else.

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mannyp86560477

Participant

Somehow, there is a Ghost the coding: at first Adobe DC on Mac, it reduced the file from 400mb to 50mb and it gave us the 3, three , options. then a couple of days later we tried the same procedure but the 3, three, options where gone. Wake up Adobe, just get going with this, solve it NOW

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defaultp0g93m5n77kv

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I have the exact same issue. nothing has changed in my setup. Enabling fast web view also causes crashes. windows 10 everything up to date.

BarlaeDC

Community Expert

Hi,

Would you be able to use the Document Cloud to share the document, therefore allowing bigger documents? (just a thought)

Is anyone able to create a document that they can share that shows the problem?

Malcolm

jakubgal

Participating Frequently

This issue has still not been resolved by Adobe Team . Reducing PDF crashes my fully updated PC. 11/04./20

Raw-we

Participant

Does it crash only when you try to reduce the file size or any other operation as well?

Try printing the PDF to Adobe PDF printer. It flattens the document thereby reducing the size. You can use this as an interim method to reduce file size of PDFs.

Crash logs will be helpful to debug the issue if you still face problems after following Michael's advice above.

Thanks,

Ravi

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jbergerpodAuthor

Participant

I tried printing to Adobe PDF like you recommended and it made the file size larger. So that's not a good solution.

But yes, it only crashes when I attempt to reduce the file size as I stated above.

MichaelKazlow

Legend

Now we have to try some other techniques. Crashes are usually driven by driver and/or hardward issues. Try to see if you can turn off any hardware acceleration, espcially for your display.

You can also try to create a new user and see if the software crashes on a new user.

MichaelKazlow

Legend

You can use the Acrobat Cleaner Tool before reinstalling to get rid of anything corrupt from a previous install.

Have you tried to use the advanced optimization settings to get the best size reduction for the quality you want to maintain?

MichaelKazlow

Legend

https://labs.adobe.com/downloads/acrobatcleaner.html

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