PDF files too big

[Strontium Dog]

When I use my PDF creator to turn office docs into pdfs, they end up as quite small files which are easy to email.

However my problem comes when I scan documents because I do not have them as a soft copy already. The resultant files seem to be about 0.5MB per page, and it is difficult to email these docs if there are a large number of pages.

Is there any way of making these files smaller?

 

[sanjiv]

Do you use Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat.

If you use Acrobat, when the PDF is open, click the Document menu and then Reduce File Size.

If you do not use Acrobat, then try something like: http://www.nicepdf.com/PDFCompressor.exe

 

[fisicx]

Is there any way of making these files smaller?

Scan them at a lower resolution!

The scanned pages will be saved as images not text, that's why they end up so big. If you scan the page use an OCR to convert the image into text then save normally.

 

[accountancyextra]

If the issue is reducing the size for e mailing reasons, you could always consider using an online file sharing app?

 

[invictaseo]

OCR software.

 

[Raw Rob]

Save the scanned images as JPEG files instead of PDF, then you can reduce the quality setting to something that still looks ok but gives a much smaller file size.

Rob

 

[RoyaleGraphics]

When I scan, I do it to Microsoft Word. When you save the word doc as a PDF this lowers the size

 

[David Griffiths]

Use something like Yousendit.com which has a much higher file size limit and is more secure into the bargain.

There's a free trial.

There are probably some similar applications that are free as well, if the cost is an issue

 

[sanjiv]

Use something like Yousendit.com which has a much higher file size limit and is more secure into the bargain.

There's a free trial.

There are probably some similar applications that are free as well, if the cost is an issue

He has to store them on his computer, so they nee compressing a bit anyway. Also email is easier than using a third party service.

 

[webber88]

There are many methods for making it small...
One of the method is to compress the file and make it as a zip file.
You can also use some type of converter which will convert the file and evenly i reduces the size of the file