Condensing File Size

When I have converted Word documents to .pdf files in the
past, it compressed the files considerably (from about 5 or 6 MB
down to less than 1MB. But now I have just done one and it appears
there is no compression at all. Is there a way I can make the file
smaller to make it easier to e-mail and for people to download? (I
am just using the free site, as I only do one or two of these a
year)
Second problem I am having is that I sent the URL to a few
e-mail addresses, and some can open it nearly instantly, and the
others are denied access or told the file cannot be found. Why is
that happening and what can I do about that?
Thank you very much!

Hello wyeaton,
1st question: File size depends on file contents. If a
document contains many elements other than basic text, then each of
the elements adds content, and size to the document.
Images, and videos, and audio are probably the largest things
you can add to a pdf. those will all increase the file size, and
then certainly not compress very much during the pdf creation.
The only way to lower the file size for the conversion with
Acrobat.com, is to remove information, or maybe larger objects from
the original.
Or you could lower the quality of the images within the doc,
or lower the image size.
2nd question.Does everybody that you shared the document with
have an Acrobat.com account?
Best practice at this point, would probably be to reshare the
doc to them, and see if they have different luck!
Let us know if after a re-share, if they're unable to still
open the files, and we'll have a look into them.
Hope this is helpful!
Thanks!
Pete

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