Large file when saving as PDF

If I save a text doc with graphics as PDF, the resultant file size is huge, even when the original graphic is very small. For example, if I paste in a graphic of only a few 100k, after saving to PDF the document can exapnd to several Mb! Saving exactly the same doc from Word or Ragtime does NOT do this, the file ends up being more or less the size of the graphic plus a bit for the text. Is there any way to prevent this? I HATE have to use Word!
Thanx,
Paul

I'm not running 10.3, but if I remember correctly you Select "Print" then choose "ColorSync" where it says "Copies & Pages" then Choose "Reduce File Size" from the "Quartz filter" options.

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