Optimize PDF size

woe, gloom and distress … I created a document called pinForms.fm today, after having the installerUpdate run on my FM 10. It's part of a three-file book. When I try "save as .pdf" on the book, all files open, I get the always mysterious message "saving or printing this document … can occur … earlier than 6.0" and the instruction "Use Format > document > Optimize PDF size". And no .pdf output.
Obediently running the command, on pinForms.fm since that's the file the message points the finger at, gets me
Finished optimizing pinForms.fm and linked files for PDF File size.
Processed 0 files.
and no improvement
A simple way to print this 30-page book without hassle would be much appreciated. I don't know what's going on, but I do know I have had more grief with FM 10 (at a client site since the start of November) than with 5.5, 6, 7 and 9 put together :-{

Feels like I was just at the wrong place and the wrong time, at some unpredictable intersection of circumstances …
Ignoring the message didn't help, just left me without any .pdf output. I felt the need for results, so I started from File > New (as detailed in another post) and finally managed to migrate my content into a doc file that didn't throw any errors. On the way there, I came across "Separation out of range" and "Inconsistent colour definition", which I overcame with MIF and file-by-file comparison.
Arnis, you'd already helped me with the Creator vs real Distiller configuration
Error7103, if I hit this annoyance again I'll experiment with printer settings and routes.
N

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optimizePDF
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