Okay here's the thing -

Lets take a pdf file that's 27 pages long (bank statement & checks). First I copied the file to a seperate folder & renamed it. Next I deleted 26 of the 27 pages since I only needed the bank statement by itself for my exhibit. The end result is that the 1 page is still almost 6 MB's - same as the original file.

How can I get the file value down to a useable size? I don't understand how come the 1 page pdf file is the same size as the orig. 27 page file. There is no color involved - everything is black/white.

Other statements that were scanned in with the bank stmt alone are about 87 to 115 KB - which is more than useable for my purpose.

It only takes me about 10 seconds to tranfer the statement that's only 115 KB's to the office computer as opposed to the 25 minutes it just took me to transfer the 6 MB file there.

HELP ! ! ! Pleases & Thanks

 

Did you do any reading in the Adobe Help section ?
Can you send a copy to me ?

 

You need to go into the file menu and click on "Reduce File Size".

 

Thanks guys -

I'm using Acrobat 5.0 and it doesn't have an option for "Reduce File Size".

FYE, I did figure it out this morning though - I have click on "Document" and instead of deleting unwanted pages, I have to "Extract" the pages I want - this resizes it.

 

i hate adobe acrobat...

 

That is a good tip Carlene -thanks. I have seen a lot of PDF files that had only a small portion that was of interest to me. I never needed to reduce the file size enough to make me dig for a way to do it.

 

You didn't need to copy the file to a separate folder.

Try this.

1. Open the file. (In Adobe Acrobat 5).
2. Delete the pages that you definitely don't need.
3. The page that is left. . . . IF you only need one item on the page (in this case a 'check', click 'Document" go down to 'Crop page'.
A dialog box will open. At the top you will see 'Crop Margins' and a thumbnail of your page. Using the 'adjustment boxes' around this thumbnail, crop the page until the object you are wanting is the only item inside of your 'crop'.
Hint: You can move this dialog box around on your screen, so that you can actually see what you are doing to the page.
4. When the item is cropped to your satisfaction, click OK at the bottom of the dialog box.
5. IF this is all you need, go to 'File'. . . 'Save As' . . .then look at the bottom of this dialog box for 'Save as Type'.
Click on the selecting 'arrow' beside of the 'default setting of Adobe PDF (.pdf)' and find JPEG Files (*.jpg, *.jpeg, *.jpe). Select JPEG. . . .
6. Click OK and save the file to your folder of choice.
7. Close your document if you are finished acquiring the items needed.
When you are asked if you want to save the changes to the file, select NO.
(Your file will remain exactly as it was when you opened it.)
8. You now have a .jpg file that you can insert into Word or WordPerfect or whatever word processing program that you use.

The file will be miniscule compared to what it used to be.

IF you choose to save the selected item as an .eps file, you can enlarge the item to the size of your wall (if that's what you need) and it won't lose any of it's attributes.
Just remember for a .jpg file, when it's reduced in size, you gain dpi and clarity. When you enlarge a .jpg, you LOSE dpi and clarity.
For .eps files. . . either enlarged or reduced, they retain ALL attributes.

Give it a try. I do it every day.

I hope this helps.

Gimme a shout if you need further help.

Keith

 

Thanks Keith but the extract seems much easier. I only saved the file so I didn't mess up the orig that I needed to keep intact for work. By extracting the page, it's at a little over 20 KB's. Perfect size for transferring multiple files to the office.

The dpi thing is very interesting for my own personal use, but right now I'm just trying to do things that the girls at work won't have a problem opening.

Thanks again. This scanned document thing is new to all of us at the office so any and all help is extremely appreciated.