Compressing PDF in XI for PC

Being speedy on the job is a necessary thing. I found that Adobe's instruction on your/their site only had part of the description in how to compress on Acrobat X. Here's how to compress a file for Acrobat XI in PC.
Click and hold down File
Click on Save as Other. . . .
Choose from the list in the pop-up window Reduced Size PDF . . .

No, it's just that PDF export isn't built into the OS.
Tell them to send you JPEGs or to install PDFcreator, which adds PDF as a "printer".

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Thanks, that's a great help! Not as easy as hitting the "Compress PDF" button in the Print dropdown menue, but almost as good. Good bye massive PDFs! ;))
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OK, I see what you mean about less than adequate quality on some of the images and words. My own writing on the power point slides comes out clear, but some of the writing associated with some of the images came out less than stellar.
Colorsync was almost beyond my grade level, but I was able (finally) to put a protocol together to make a “filter” that would compress but not as much.
Below are the steps I took; its not quite so bad, and hope this works,
Paul
Steps to alter compression of pdf files
1. Use spotlight to find and open Colorsync Utility
2. For me it opened to “Profile First Aid Log”; you don’t want this; instead,
Click on Filters on the list of icons on the top (has a red, green and blue filter appearance, next to calculator on right)
3. The 7th line down reads “Reduce File Size”; click on button on the far right
4. Click on “Duplicate Filter” on the menu that pops up
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“Reduce File Size Copy”
5. Click on the left button next to “Reduce File Size Copy”
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2. Click on “File”, then “Save As”
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4. Click on the line that reads “Reduce File Size Copy” (this is what you have created from above)
5. Before pressing “Save”, be sure to rename your file to something new in the “Save as” box at the top (e.g., change from “File” to “File compressed”)
6. Press Save.
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Some of the figures were still a tad blurry, but it was better.
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I had more or less the same issur.
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OK - one step forward!
You need to create a new "Filter" in Colorsync. Start Colorsync, select Filters, press the + button to create a new filter. Give it a meaningful name like "Compress PDF Medium Quality".
Click on the down arrow at the right and select Add Image Effects Components.
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Close this new filter by clicking on the arrow at left.
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Hello, I want to compress pdf... Can any one tell me how can i compress the pdf in c# point me to some article. I have the License Copy of Adobe Professional.
I am using the Adobe Version X. so any one please assist me how can i compress the pdf.
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