No option to "save as" PDF to reduce file size in Preview

There is no Save As option. I have tried exporting my pdf, there is no file size option when I do this. I have tried to duplicate the pdf as suggested in another topic on this forum, which also then didn't have the Save As option and also didn't have any file size options when trying to save in all the many ways which I had already tried. I also tried to print and save from there, which was another option suggested on this forum. That also didn't offer me any options to reduce the file size despite it being a "save as" window. I'm lost. Send Help.

The screen capture won't let me snag the dropdown selection (attached) but the only options available to me are...
Photoshop (*.PSD;*.PDD)
Large Document Format (*.PSB)
OpenEXR (*.EXR)
Photoshop Raw (*.RAW)
Portable Bit Map (*.PBM;*.PGM;*.PPM;*.PNM;*.PFM;*.PAM)
Radiance (*.HDR;*.RGBE;*.XYZE)
TIFF (*.TIF;*.TIFF)

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