Adobe Acrobat File Sizes

I receive many scanned document for work and one problem I am having is when I receive the documents the file size is sometimes very large. So large that I cannot upload these documents to our server because of size.  Unfortunately, since I have no control over the 2000+ individuals that scan documents and send them to me, I need to find a way to reduce the file size.  I also have no way of knowing what version of Adobe they use; however I currently have Adobe Acrobat Professional 8 and should be getting Adobe Acrobat Professional 10 in the next couple days.  I usually use the Optimizer, which sometimes works and then sometimes it make the file size even larger.  Is there another method where I can reduce the file size?  Thank You

The Preflight Tools will give you much greater control of how you can reduce the file sizes. While you cannot control what the 2000+ individuals will do, an instruction sheet or a specification sheet recommending settings to be used might save you work, even if it is only used by 10% of the people.

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