Exporting PDF at non-default resolutions?

I'm working in Pages 09 (ver. 4.3).
My default export choices of PDF are Good, Better, Best. Good is not good enough resolution. Better is too high a meggawattage. Is there any way I can do something in between the two?
Or perhaps export as a 'Best', and then somehow convert it to something a bit less resolution than 'Better'? Using Preview? Using Adobe Acrobat?
Or is there some marvelous hidden preference somewhere in the bowels of Pages that would allow me more control?
All ears,
Ben

Hi Peter,
Aha. Thank you. So it's just the dpi that is changing. I was wondering.
Yes, I'm trying to find something more manageable for downloads, faster, and yet still of a certain quality.
I notice all text is (I suddenly blanked on the graphic term ... meaning scalably sharp; I think it's time for my morning coffee).
It'll be an interesting experiment... resizing the pics to the actual dimensions used in the document. I wish I'd done a pre-select in Aperture (of all the pics I used), and put them in a single folder. I could just batch re-export them at the appropriate size. In fact, that's the way I'll have to do it anyhow methinks.
Thank you kindly for your help Peter, very much appreciated...
Ben

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