How to reduce the size of the PDF file

PDF files today are pretty in demand, but often they have too large size, that is, they take a lot of space. If you are not satisfied with the size of the document, it can be reduced in several ways.

You can reduce the size of the PDF file using a special converting program. There are quite a lot of such services, consider on the example of a free program PrimopDF.. Download the service to your computer. It will install the PDF printer in your system, which will convert files.

You can also use the program. Cutepdf.. When you install it on the computer, the print function will appear, which allows you to save files in PDF format.

To begin with, open the PDF document in the "reader used". Select "File", "Print" in the menu. As a printing device, specify the converter (for example, PrimopDF.).

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Click on "Properties", select the option to reduce the size of the document while maintaining its readability. In different applications, this option may be called in its own way, but it must be present. For example, in PrimopDF. You should select "Screen" ("Screen"). In this case, the textual text will significantly decrease, it will be only available for reading (not for printing). In a programme Cutepdf. You must open the Compression tab ("Compression"), then select Quality.

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After it remains only to save the file. To do this, click "Print", "Save As", specify the location of the document.

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Consider the second way to reduce the size of PDF - using online services. On the Internet you can find many free tools: Smallpdf., NEEVIA'S PDFCompress and others. In the first case, the number of files processed and their size is not limited, in the second - the document should not exceed 5 MB, but there are additional features and capabilities.

To reduce the file in Smallpdf., It is necessary to simply drag it to the specified place or choose through the existing button. After downloading, the compression of a document will automatically begin, which may take several minutes depending on the initial file size. Processed document will remain easy to save by selecting a place on your computer.

But it should be understood that you can optimize not every file. If he is already compressed, you will receive a message about the impossibility of additional compression.

The third way to which you can compress PDF is a special command to "reduce the size" in the Adobe Acrobat program. Click "Save As" in the "File" menu (this function is not available in the free version). In the additional menu that appears, select "Reduced PDF Size". You can perform it through the "Documents" menu. It is important to choose the appropriate version of Acrobat, otherwise the document processed in a more recent version will not be able to open in the previous one.

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If the selected parameters for saving you are planning to use for multiple files, click the "Apply to multiple files" button. Next, you can add the following documents. Saving, specify the name of the file, its location.

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The fourth way implies the use of the embedded Windows compression function. Documents are transformed into Zip (RAR) archive, but they are not substantially compressed. This option is suitable if you need multiple files to squeeze into a single archive. Of course, you can download other programs, but then if you decide to send a file to someone, the recipient must also have this program to open the file.

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There is another effective way: Conversion to Microsoft Word allows you to reduce the file size of 10 times. Open the file in Adobe Acrobat, click on the "File" menu, "Save as another", "Microsoft Word".

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Then conclude the Word file in PDF. The file is ready to use.

If you plan to reduce the size of the PDF file, keep in mind that this may affect its quality. Perhaps the document will be only available for reading, not for printing.