An error was encountered while processing images

Huge document, full of pictures and graphics. Created in Word for Mac 2011. Saved as pdf it's 38M.
When I try to reduce the size, I get an error, "An error was encountered while processing images".
No other info. Any clues?

It would help to know what version of Acrobat. However, the better way is to probably work with the WORD file first. You might want to work on a copy so that you don't mess up the original. If you select a graphic in WORD, go to the format tab and select Compress Pictures. You might select the options and use 150 ppi or the 220. Many people use graphics with dpi in the thousands that the human eye can not see. You might also consider reducing the color depth from millions to 256 colors, or even 16 colors if a simple line drawing or such (this would probably have to be done to the graphic itself). If you uncheck the button to apply to the selected item, then the change will be applied to all figures (other than the color depth that can not be done this way).
Another item that makes a PDF huge are tags. Tags are good for accessibility or going back to WORD (not a good idea in general), but take a lot of space. For the smallest reasonable PDF print to the Adobe PDF printer (this will not create tags or bookmarks) with at least the Standard settings (not embedding fonts is typically a bad idea -- though you might want to be careful about using lots of different fonts in your DOC file). If you use PDF Maker (the Acrobat tab in WORD), you can set the preferences about tags and the level of bookmarking in the PDF. All of this can help in creating a reasonable size PDF. For such a large PDF, the print root might be best. If you are careful, there should be no need for 38M.

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