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jay fresno
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December 5, 2010
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Reduce file size Acrobat X

  • December 5, 2010
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What happened to the Document > Reduce File Size command that used to be in Acrobat 9?

For that matter, I don't see the PDF Optimizer command either.

What are the methods used in Acrobat X to reduce file size?

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    Correct answer George_Johnson

    George,

    Thanks for your reply. Our posts must have crossed each other about the command being moved to the file menu. Do you know if PDF Optimizer is still available for Acrobat X?


    Yes, choose "File > Save As > Optimized PDF...", as opposed to "File > Save As > Reduced Size PDF...".

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    Anonymous
    December 18, 2019

    I have found that my new suite of Office apps (365) now each have a new option to Convert to Pdf or Make Pdf, but when I use that new option, I get a pdf that does not respond to Reduce File Size, no reduction is achieved.  But if I use Print to Pdf, the old-fashioned way, which is still available, I get a pdf that will reduce in size when I choose File > Save As Other > Reduced Size.  Good luck to all.

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    brian2171
    Participant
    March 26, 2017

    Another option to try is to "SANITIZE DOCUMENT", this changed my simple 1 page document from 10MB to 177KB.  TOOLS>PROTECTION>SANITIZE DOCUMENT 

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      Anonymous
      March 6, 2017

      I'm digitizing book(creating PDF from jpg images). There are 200+ pages and my final pdf is very huge. Let's take this book for example - excellent quality and extremely low file size. How I can get such a result with Adobe Acrobat 11?

      try67
      Community Expert
      try67Community Expert
      Community Expert
      March 6, 2017

      The file you linked to is corrupt... Try opening the File's Properties and you'll see that something is off.

      Anyway, this file is 14.5mb for 252 pages, which means each page is about 57kb... Not huge, but not very small, either. You can play with you scanner settings until you reach a size that works for you.

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      Anonymous
      March 6, 2017

      You can download it manually from here by clicking PDF. How to check it's compression(dpi and other) properties?

      ladol8416223
      ladol8416223
      Participant
      February 3, 2017

      I was also having difficulties to find out how to remove embeded fonts in Adobe Acrobat X Pro. I removed it before, but forgot how to do it. I wanted to use "File > Save as > Reduced Size PDF" inside Acrobat, but nothing would happen after clicking it.

      However, the sollution was to remove embeded fonts inside Lifecycle designer, not inside Acrobat, using "File > Form Properties" and then inside "Save options" fold uncheck "Embed Fonts".

      This is the thread that helped me:

      Shrink pdf optimize not working

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      Test Screen Name
      Legend
      November 25, 2016

      Perhaps, tonim44985624, you are not using the paid-for Acrobat Professional X/XI/DC app.

      poppieX
      poppieX
      Participant
      August 13, 2015

      This post is 5 years old and shows as first result in Google. The answer is totally outdated, because Adobe Reader 11 DOESN'T support the option anymore in the standard version. There's no possibility to reduce the size of PDFs with Adobe PDF Reader. Great job guys!

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      August 13, 2015

      I think you are confused about products. The question, and all the answers, are about Acrobat. That is Acrobat Pro and Acrobat Standard. You now mention Adobe Reader 11. This is already outdated since we have Acrobat Reader DC. However, no version of the free Reader has ever had options to reduce the size of PDFs. This has always been only in the software that is sold.

      poppieX
      poppieX
      Participant
      August 13, 2015

      Ah yes you're right. Thank you for the clarification!

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      rsallejr
      Participating Frequently
      September 25, 2014

      Acrobat is not responding.......  as usual....

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      Test Screen Name
      Legend
      September 25, 2014

      Do you have two problems - very slow scrolling, and hanging on reduce file size? That could be because the file is made with thousands of tiny images. In such cases, files are very large, and reduce file size (which will probably finish eventually) won't be able to reduce.

      Did you make this PDF? If so, how?

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      rsallejr
      Participating Frequently
      September 25, 2014

      ".....processing images"

      this seems like it could take hours and hours and hours and hours.......

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      rsallejr
      Participating Frequently
      September 25, 2014

      Probably gonna lose my job since I cant scroll around this pdf without ridiculously long delays....  No help.  Not in the help file, online help or here in the forums.....  I guess if you purchase a product then youre on your own nowadays............  Once again, Thanks for NOTHING

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      rsallejr
      Participating Frequently
      September 25, 2014

      I am trying to "Save as.. --> Reduced File Size" using Adobe Acrobat XI and all it does is freeze....

      So now, Im stuck with a slow file to scroll around and zoom...  Its only 2.3MB yet it acts like its 1,000,000,000,000GB

      Thanks for nothing Adobe.

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