Does "resaving" reduce PDF print quality?

After replacing a page and re-saving, my file size reduces 1/10th of size, which is great, but does it lose quality? No changes, just replacing a page. Using Indesign CS6, I export super high res PDF with special settings as it is 4-color graphic textbook with Corel illustrations. For example, a 1.5 gb file becomes 117 mb after resaving. I'm having huge problems uploading such large files and would love to use the smaller size versions. But cannot lose quality. Any help appreciated. Using Acrobat 9 Pro to resave.

There is no background per se, but there are sometimes four graphics on each page. THis is a quarter of a page. No, I don't want to use any "PDF Optimizer" because the client is very strict, and justifiably so, about sharpness of images so I wouldn't want to do any converting after doing the original export. Hope that makes sense. But above Dave Merchant confirmed that if I just SAVE or SAVE AS, I'll be ok.

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Hello dpop75, and welcome to the HP Forums.
I am sorry, but to get your issue more exposure I would suggest posting it in the commercial forums since this is a commercial product. You can do this at the LaserJet Commercial Forums.
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