Converting word 2003 document to pdf

I need to convert a word document to pdf to load to the lulu
web site which is a book publishing site. They have specific
settings like embedd fonts but no subset embedding. For images use
zip compression and 300 dpi. I have set all of these in the
distiller and from word I print to Adobe pdf. My file size is 384MB
in word and when converted it is 5876MB
What can I do to decrease the file size? The only fonts being
used are Times New Roman and Arial. When I open the word document
with Adobe Acrobat Professional and save it is considerably
smaller, however I am not sure what settings are being used.
Printing to a printer, I can click the adobe distiller and select
the settings and save with a specific name. I do not know how to
choose particular settings when opening a word document in Adobe
Acrobat and saving as pdf.
How do I tell what settings in Adobe distiller are creating
the HUGE file size? Thank you.

Hi izm067,
Thanks for your post!
You should know that these forums are specific to the
Acrobat.com website and its set of hosted services, and do
not cover the Acrobat family of desktop products.
Please visit the following Acrobat forums for any questions
related to the Acrobat family of desktop products:
http://www.adobeforums.com/cgi-bin/webx/.3bbeda8b/
Cheers,
Pete

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