Help Needed:  Acrobat Pro XI - Reduced Sized PDF vs. Optimized PDF

Hopefully some of you folks can help me, as I cannot get in touch with Adobe customer service.  I recently upgraded to Acrobat Pro XI.  In my old version of Acrobat Pro, I used to be able to take a PDF file of large size (let's say 10 MB) and shrink it down considerably with relative ease (down to less than 1 MB).  The file could then be easily emailed, shared, read, and most importantly wouldn't take up tons of hard drive space.  With this new version of Acrobat Pro XI, that same 10 MB file barely reduces down to 7 or 8 MB.  I have played with the various settings in both the File -> Save As Other -> Reduced Sized PDF and File -> Save As Other -> Optimized PDF.  Regardless of what I try, I cannot achieve anywhere near the same compression results as what I used to be able to achieve with my old version of Pro.  I can get the file size reduced, but the reduced file quality is trash.
Has anyone else encountered this problem as well?  Do any of you have any suggestions on what to do to fix??  I primarily scan a document as a PDF file with my HP OfficeJet Pro, and then reduce the PDF file size after the scan.  I could scan the document with lower DPI to begin with (currently scan 300 dpi typically grayscale), but then I don't have the scanned image quality that I need to reduce the file down so that it can be reprinted later at a good enough quality. 

I had previously ran the audit, and 99% + of my bloat is in the image.  All of the other possibilities for bloat do not even add up to 1%.  For my purposes as a Financial Advisor, I print out blank applications & account forms, fill out the paperwork by hand, and then scan copies of the completed paperwork back into my computer for electronic filing.  Some of these completed client documents can be 50 to 75 pages long ... so the PDF scanned at 300 dpi obviously starts out as a substantially sized document that can take up 25, 35, or 45 MB per scan.  The crazy thing is that the old version of Acrobat Pro (I believe it was version 7 or 8) would take a 45 MB file and compress it down almost to 1/10th of the oiginal size.  As a result, a 45 MB file would end up as a 4.5 MB file.  This significant reduction was always accomplished using the one button selection "Reduce PDF" command ... had nothing to do with optimizing the PDF with the old version.  Once I ended up with the 4.5 MB file, I could open that file at a later date and print out a page that I needed and you couldn't hardly tell if it was the original or a scanned copy.  There was no loss of quality whatsoever!!  The Reduce PDF size in Acrobat XI just doesn't work well ... will take that 45 MB file and reduce it down to 42 MB which defeats the whole purpose of the Reduce PDF command in the first place.  If I play around with the inputs in the Optimze PDF, I can shrink the file size lower but lose way too much image quality.  The only variable that has changed from my old scanning results vs. my new scanning results is the upgrade from Acrobat Pro 7 to Acrobat Pro XI ... everything else that I'm doing is the exact same.  Same thing applies when I create a PDF portfolio from multiple PDF documents ... a 150 MB PDF Portfolio will barely reduce in file size. 

Similar Messages

  • Need Acrobat Pro to assemble master PDF from dissimilar sized PDF's?

    I have a need to create a master PDF (portfolio) from other PDF's, with the master PDF containing Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and different size CAD drawings already converted into PDF's.  Do I need Acrobat Pro to manage the dissimilar sized documents, or is Acrobat Standard sufficient.
    Other question - to annotate the master PDF with highlighting, emphasis boxes around key information, and text boxes, I assume both Acrobat Standard and Pro have the same capabilities.
    Correct?
    Thanks for everyone's help.

    To create PDF portfolio, you would require Acrobat X PRO, this feature is not available in Std. Version. For more details, please see Acrobat X product comparison matrix.
    http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/matrix.html
    For your second questions, "Yes" Acrobat Std. is sufficient.
    Please let me know, if you have any further questions.
    Regards,

  • Do i need acrobat pro to open a pdf i created in quark and reduce the file size?

    do i need acrobat pro to open a pdf i created in quark and reduce the file size?

    i'll try that! thank you.
    Daniel Flavin <mailto:[email protected]>
    June 24, 2014 at 3:23 PM
    >
          do i need acrobat pro to open a pdf i created in quark and
          reduce the file size?
    created by Daniel Flavin
    <https://forums.adobe.com/people/Daniel+Flavin> in /Creating, Editing
    & Exporting PDFs/ - View the full discussion
    <https://forums.adobe.com/message/6493113#6493113>

  • Embedding video in PDF, keeps says it cant convert and need Acrobat Pro Extended?

    I have Acrobat Pro 9 and with using the tool to embed video which seems to convert to a flash format, it keeps coming back saying its unable to convert and that I would need Acrobat Pro Extended.  I tried a handfull of different video types and every one that I chose gave me the same message.  All it will seem to do is somehow link to the video whcih will use the viewer installed on that persons computer to run.  It seems to give you the ability to convert video over but it doesnt let you for anything you choose, what am I doing wrong?
    I have Acrobat Pro 9 Extended at work which I tried the same thing with and of course, that worked.  Is the Extended part by any chance just a patch for Pro 9 or is it a totally different purchase?

    "Add multimedia to PDFs" at Acrobat Pro's LiveDocs may help to clarify.
    http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/9.0/Professional/WS65B80E79-F165-44f0-BBCA-0F142A75869 6.html
    Looks like the following general observations apply.
    If the multmedia file(s) meet the identified requirements for Professional it is "in".
    If the multimedia file(s) do not, then conversion is required - but conversion is only available in Pro Extended.
    That you get a "need conversion" message, from Pro that would be indicative of an input that does not meet the specified requirements for direct use in Pro.
    An alternative might be to try "Create Legacy ..."
    Legacy multimedia will rely on the end-user having the appropriate player application installed.
    fwiw - having an interest in multimedia & PDF you might find this helpful
    Video and Audio file formats supported in Acrobat 9 and Adobe Reader 9
    http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/405/kb405848.html
    Be well...

  • I have a Mac and Acrobat Pro, how do I create an interactive PDF file?

    I have  a Mac and Acrobat Pro, how do I create an interactive PDF File?

    Hi 528!!,
    Here's some information about adding multimedia to your PDF files: Acrobat Help | Multimedia and 3D models
    Please let us know how it goes!
    Best,
    Sara

  • Why Acrobat Pro XI stops when I open a pdf with post-it?

    Hello,
    Acrobat PRO XI stops when 1 hopen a pdf with comments (post-it) or when I go to preferences.
    Does anyone know why and he knows a solution?
    Thank you for your information.
    BR
    Mac i7 • OS 10.6.8

    Hello,
    Thank you for your reply.
    The Acrobat XI PRO is 11.0.07.
    Post-it : Sticky comments.
    BR
    Mac i7 • OS 10.6.8
    Acrobat XI PRO : 11.0.07

  • Acrobat Pro 8.1.2 won't create PDFs by itself or within an Office 2007 application. Please help.

    Well, needless to say, everything was working fine when our department was running Acrobat 7 and Office 2003. We made the choice a few weeks ago to upgrade to Office 2007 and Acrobat 8. Both are pushed via Group Policy. One other thing to note, as I think it might be an issue, is that our users have their My Documents redirected to a server. I only mention this, because the Default PDF Output Folder within Acrobat 8 is My Documents.
    Here are the strange things that we've noticed so far:
    1) When you open up the Adobe PDF Properties within Printers and Faxes, the Location displays an "x" followed by two non-standard box characters that I can't seem to write out here. I've uploaded a screen shot if that makes it easier. On a manually installed copy of Acrobat 8, this location box will say My Documents.
    http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/daedalus42/adobe_weird_characters.png
    2) The Adobe PDF printer port grabs LPT1, even if there is another printer already on that port. This behavior is seen when being pushed via GPO. When it's manually installed via the disc, Adobe PDF gets it's own special port "My Documents\*.pdf" with a description of "Adobe PDF Port". When I try to see if I can add such a port on the GPO pushed computers, it doesn't list it as an option. Here again are two screen shots to show what I'm talking about.
    Weird Port:
    http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/daedalus42/adobe_weird_port.png
    Adobe Port:
    http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/daedalus42/adobe_correct_port.png
    Ok, so those are just the oddities seen after performing a GPO installation.
    3) When I right click on a Word 2007 (*.docx) file and choose "Convert to Adobe PDF", it asks me where I want to save the newly created PDF at. It will start converting it, but a few seconds later a balloon error pops up saying that the document failed to print.
    4) When I try to create a PDF via the Word 2007 ribbon add-on for Acrobat, I get the same error.
    I decided to bump a standard user up to administrator of the local machine. All these errors go away and they can create PDFs to their heart's content. As soon as I bump them back down to a standard user, new errors arise.
    5) Now when they try to create a PDF, they get prompted TWICE for the PDF Save As location. When I click on Convert to PDF via the context menu of the Word 2007 file, I get the Adobe PDF Status box, then a few seconds later, I get the Save Adobe PDF File As box. I tell it where to save the PDF to. I then get a second box asking me where to save the PDF to, but it's titled different. This new box is "Save PDF File As". Whatever location I choose there, I get an Access Denied error and an Adobe Printer error that the document has failed to print. I've created screen shots of those as well. Here they are in order:
    http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/daedalus42/adobe_access_denied_01.png
    http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/daedalus42/adobe_access_denied_02.png
    http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/daedalus42/adobe_access_denied_03.png
    http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g223/daedalus42/adobe_access_denied_04.png
    Does anyone have any solutions whatsoever to fix this? I'm not about to go around to 100 computers and install Acrobat manually when it should work correctly via GPO. If Acrobat doesn't like the fact that a user My Documents is redirected to the server, I noticed that I can change the default PDF file location within the Adobe Customization Wizard. I've not tested that yet to see if it would even help.
    I should mention that I have tried running a repair. Didn't help. Uninstalling and reinstalling via GPO. Didn't help. So, we've installed the Microsoft Office PDF Creator plug-in and that works perfectly. For the time being Acrobat Pro has basically dropped itself down to a reader for all intents and purposes.

    @ Bill@VT: I did try adding a port. That's the problem. When it's on a problematic installation, those special Adobe Port aren't available for me to choose from.
    OK, I have some new information regarding my issue. I've done some more testing and this is what I have learned and how I arrived at that conclusion.
    b It appears to be an issue with the 8.1.2 update.
    1) I manually installed Acrobat 8.0.0 via the executable file I downloaded from Adobe Licensing. I had to go through all the installation prompts, enter the serial key, accept the EULA, etc. I even applied the 8.1.0 update. At this point, everything was fine. Any user on this computer could create PDFs via any method. The Adobe PDF Port was correct and no listed under LPT1 like in the above screen shots. And My Documents was listed as the Default PDF Location, even though users have their My Docs redirected to the server. Like I said, everything worked perfectly.
    2) I decided to install via the Administrative Install Point (AIP) on the server for Acrobat 8.1.2 and the corresponding transform file. After doing this, the problems came back. My first assumption is that the transform file is causing the problem.
    3) To verify that it was in fact the transform file I perform an install from the AIP using the AcroPro.msi file only. No switches and no transform file. Guess what? Problems are still there. So, that wipes out the transform file problem.
    A couple of notes:
    It could be related to the AIP and doing administrative installation upgrades to 8.1.2. My next test is to install 8.0.0 from scratch and manually upgrade that installation to 8.1.0, then 8.1.1, then 8.1.2 to find out when and if it breaks.
    I was able to get a contact number for Adobe's "Volume Licensing" department, so I might end up giving them a call. In fact, even if I narrow down what appears to be the problem, I'm still going to have to give them a call to find out what can be done about it. Because at the moment, the issue is there for 100+ users and something needs to be fixed. All I'm doing at this point is working backwards to figure out what may have caused the problem in the first place.

  • PDF Gen need Acrobat pro extended

    Hi all,
    I think I once heard that Adobe Acrobat Pro was enough for PDF Generator. When I config LC ES2 I get warnings in configuration.
    Does LC ES2 require Acrobat Pro Extended? Can it work without?
    How does I most easily update it now LC ES2 is up and running?
    Thanks guys
    /Thomas Groenbaek
    Jyske Bank, Denmark

    "Add multimedia to PDFs" at Acrobat Pro's LiveDocs may help to clarify.
    http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Acrobat/9.0/Professional/WS65B80E79-F165-44f0-BBCA-0F142A75869 6.html
    Looks like the following general observations apply.
    If the multmedia file(s) meet the identified requirements for Professional it is "in".
    If the multimedia file(s) do not, then conversion is required - but conversion is only available in Pro Extended.
    That you get a "need conversion" message, from Pro that would be indicative of an input that does not meet the specified requirements for direct use in Pro.
    An alternative might be to try "Create Legacy ..."
    Legacy multimedia will rely on the end-user having the appropriate player application installed.
    fwiw - having an interest in multimedia & PDF you might find this helpful
    Video and Audio file formats supported in Acrobat 9 and Adobe Reader 9
    http://kb2.adobe.com/cps/405/kb405848.html
    Be well...

  • Reduce File Size in Acrobat Pro (9.5.5) Corrupts Graphics in PDF Documents - shows up as black image

    Whenever I use Reduce File Size in Acrobat Pro (9.5.5), sometimes some of the images (not all) get corrupted and show up as a black image in the new document.
    Actually, the new reduced document looks okay when viewed in Acrobat, but the problem shows up when viewed in the Preview application on the Mac.
    I'm using Acrobat 9.5.5 with Mac OS 10.8.6
    I've tried re-importing the graphic into a new graphic box, which didn't work.  Thinking there may be some type of corruption with the actual graphic file, I then tried viewing the graphic, then taking a screenshot of it to create a completely new file, and then re-importing the new graphic file into the original document (created in Adobe In Design 5.0.4).  I then export the new document as a pdf, and brought it into Acrobat Pro to do the Reduce File Size.  Same thing happens - black box appears where the graphic was.
    I then tried using the Reduce File Size within the Save As function of the Preview application on the Mac - while the graphic remains intact, many of the other graphics in the document are "reduced" too much, to the point where the image quality is seriously degraded, and therefore not usable.
    Any other ideas?

    Hi Anoop,
    I can share the graphic file, but not the pdf which contains it (as it contains confidential information) - thanks!

  • Need Help: Adobe Acrobat Pro 9 Slow Performance on MacPro

    We installed Adobe Acrobat pro as part of Design premium on MACPRO twelve Core 2.93 with 10GB Memory and 27inch Display running OS 10.8.4
    We opened high resolution pdf file 170MB with 330pages with 300% Zoom, when we scrolled trough the pages, the respond is very slow and sluggish. We Zoom in to 100%, scrolling still sluggish.
    We try to reseat the memory, repair permission,  reset PRAM and the problem still the same.
    Can you help me?

    In all truth 170mb is pretty big for a PDF. Even with a rockin' setup like that, it's about the equivalent of 30 copies of Atlas Shrugged (891 pages). Being high res, and that size, it's not a "quick" file. My mini has 4Gb and a Core i5, I'm pretty sure it would drag on it.

  • I need help using acrobat pro

    I upgraded acrobat to acrobat pro but when I try to get to where I can get to a pdf file tat I can edit I keep getting put to the page where  it wants me to purchaase it again. How do I get past this problem?

    johns71406999 wrote:
    it wants me to purchase it again.
    Can you post a screenshot of that: https://forums.adobe.com/thread/1070933

  • Need help updating acrobat pro X

    I am trying to update my acrobat pro X at the adobe site: Adobe - Acrobat : For Macintosh : Adobe Acrobat 10.1.1 Pro update - All languages
    I click on proceed to download<download now and follow the instructions to install.
    A window opens and says "Please choose the copy of Adobe Acrobat Pro to update" so I click on adobe acrobat X Pro and I am not able to choose the .app. Everything is grayed out leaving no option for me to click.
    What do I do?

    Thank you, Sukritd15!!
    It definitely worked! But the update didn't fix the problem I have. As you can see from the screenshot below when I click on the arrow of the menu items (pages, content, etc.) the down arrow doesn't show the items underneath. Any suggestions?

  • Adobe Acrobat Pro extended batch watermarks trouble on 3d PDFS

    Hello there
    we are very interested in buying a license of your software but we have a few reservations
    I cannot get the batch watermark facility to work on a batch of 3d PDF encoded from pro engineer wildfire 2. When i apply the watermark the watermark does not appear at all or behind the object. Attached are screen dumps of the setups from pro extended and the file used maybe you can shed some light on this. This is a essential part of the use of the software and we need to protect our copyright over 1500 pdfs. we are trailing the software at this present moment and looking at buying.
    Attached are the following
    3d pdf examples from the batch list
    CI6019T
    AU8001T
    AU8005T
    BM6017
    The watermark
    Eecfill7
    Screen dumps of the setups (JPG)
    Adobedump
    Adobe2
    The watermark is supposed to be displayed above the 3D PDF, the problem is that it either does not water at all or the watermark is below, any help on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
    Kind regards
    H Hagley
    [email protected]
    CAD engineer

    You can not do that using Adobe Acrobat 9. Adobe never made a create PDF add-on for Firefox for use with Adobe Acrobat 9. They created a Firefox add-on for use with Acrobat X, but currently that one does not work with Firefox 4 though Adobe are working on an update.

  • Acrobat Pro collapse after trying to adjust my pdf form created in Indesign 6

    I want to change the font type in in pdf form which I created in Indesign, while attempting to do so, Acrobat Pro collapse and shut down....what's the problem?
    Regards,
    Marieke

    When you fix it in Acrobat, what you want to do specifically is remove whatever action is present in the button and add a "Submit a form" action to the Mouse Up event. Specify that you want to submit the entire PDF and use the mailto URL you showed earlier, making sure there are no spaces.
    For it to work in desktop versions of Reader prior to 11, you need to Reader-enabled the document by selecting: File > Save as Other > Reader Extended PDF > Enable More Tools
    The button won't work with the native iOS PDF viewer, but certain other PDF viewers such as Adobe Reader and Readdle's PDF Expert allow you to email a filled-in form and will support the button action.

  • Acrobat Pro XI Mac won't print a .pdf file, but Apple Preview will print correctly

    Hello,
    I have Acrobat Pro XI for Mac.  recently I've run into pdf files that will show the document on screen ok, show up on print preview screen ok, but when I send it to a printer I either get:
    1.  no printout... the document passes through the printer queue ok, but nothing comes out (no blank paper, nothing).  no data seems to even reach the printer/print server.  no error.  the print job basically vanishes into thin air like the job was never sent
    2.  prints out with all the characters of a text substituted with squares (again, no error. just prints squares instead of text)
    But when I print the same document using Apple's Preview program on the same machine, the file prints out fine.
    I experience this problem with two different Macs, with two different OS versions.  Again both machines will print the .pdf file fine using Apple Preview, but not with Acrobat Pro XI.
    I've searched for this problem, but no one seems to have this problem. I've tried just printing one page, etc., and no difference (won't print, or print wrong using Acrobat, but prints fine using Preview)
    the files are typically sent via e-mail from a vendor, or a web downloaded form (invoice, forms filled out.  some are secure, some are not).  and these are from multiple sources.
    Any ideas what might be the problem, and how to fix this?
    system:
    Mac Pro (early 2008) and MacBook Pro (mid-2011)
    MacOS 10.8.4 and 10.6.8 (multiple computers have this same problem)
    Acrobat Pro XI, 11.0.04
    printer: HP LaserJet 5MP (yes.. old.. but it works) via HP JetDirect + print server on  LAN

    I just found this solution on another board, I tried it  (I removed the same file listed below) and it worked for me.... 
    Safari won’t save or print PDFs: how to fix
    :: Tuesday, January 29th, 2013 @ 5:29:46 am
    :: Tags: Computers
    If Safari won’t save or print PDFs (but views them without any problems), you probably have an Adobe PDF plug-in installed. In Safari, go to Help->Installed Plug-ins and do a search for “PDF.” If you have anything with “PDF” in it other than “WebKit built-in PDF,” that is probably the culprit.
    On my computer, the problem was “AdobePDFViewerNPAPI.plugin”. To remove it, I quit Safari, did a Spotlight search (Command-Option space) for that file name, and then dragged it to the trash. When I restarted Safari, I could print and save PDFs again. You can also manually find the plugins by going to the system “Library”  folder (the one at the root of your hard disk, not in your user folder) and looking in the “Internet Plug-Ins” folder.
    I’m on OS X 10.8.2, running Safari 6.0.2 (8536.26.17).

Maybe you are looking for

  • Error while accessing remote server using applet in jsp page

    hii.. We are accessing a data repository MDSPlus. Its used for storing data such as signals in tree like structure. We r coding for client side in JSP . For this we are invoking applet which uses jar files of jScope(java tool for displaying waveforms

  • My Safari keeps crashing after about 20 minutes and giving this page of code: anybody know what's wrong?

    Process:         Safari [1889] Path:            /Applications/Safari.app/Contents/MacOS/Safari Identifier:      com.apple.Safari Version:         5.1.2 (6534.52.7) Build Info:      WebBrowser-75345207~2 Code Type:       X86-64 (Native) Parent Process

  • SDO_BATCH_SIZE=1 returns more than 1 row??

    I've had so many problems w/ spatial queries that I have to rewrite into iterative programming. Even w/ that, I have problems: If I don't use the rownum <2 in the where clause, Ora returns back err# -1422 "exact fetch returns too many rows". Same pro

  • Supplier can view the saved PO in SUS

    Hi Experts, We are in SRM701 and ECC6 EHP4, Scenario: Create PO in ECC, When PO is created and saved in ECC, the supplier is able to view the saved PO in SUS . under order collaboration tab -- > create document -> external confirmation. Why is the su

  • Use of the function u0093SXPG_COMMAND_EXECUTE"

    Hello Friends, Can anybody explain me what is the use of the function “SXPG_COMMAND_EXECUTE" in the ABAP programs. I know this is related to external commands. Regards, Shreekant