how do I reduce the file size of a pdf to email?

[Scott May]

I have a 260 MB pdf file generated from Photoshop 6.  I can't seem to reduce the size in Photoshop.  Is there anyway to reduce the pdf outside of Photoshop?  Thanks in advance for any help.

[Sara_Forsberg]

Hi Scott,

That's a pretty big PDF! You'll have to reduce it pretty dramatically to attach it to an email. But, you can use Acrobat to reduce the file size. Please see this video for pointers: https://acrobatusers.com/tutorials/how-to-compress-a-pdf-file

If you don't have Acrobat, you can try it for free for 30 days. For more information, see www.adobe.com/products/acrobat.html.

Best,

Sara

[pwillener]

But even if you can drastically reduce its size, you still may not be able to email it.  Mail servers have quite strict size limits.

Better to use a file sharing service like Acrobat.com: upload, then share the file, and send the download link by email.

[Dronefish]

You may be able to reduce it with "document convertor" from AVS. They offer trial versions of their software, not sure if document convertor is still available as a trial version. I bought their suite some time ago with a lifetime license. The software converts many file formats. Their site is at AVS4U search for "document convertor"

I often convert PDF files to DOC format for WORD, or JPG and then resize in a photo or paint program.