PDF compatibility options

Anybody know how to adjust the settings used when creating a PDF compatible .ai file? Is it even possible?
I'm thinking that the resolutions could be adjusted to lower the file size. There is information in the PDF compatible format that we need, but decent resolution isn't one of them.
Thanks for saving me "gobs" of saving time.

Connect to the internet, start your Illustrator, press F1 and read a help file. You also can open it as a pdf and save or find in your computer by it's name: illustrator_cs4_help.pdf
USING ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR CS4
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Customize PDF presets
1Choose Edit > Adobe PDF Presets.
2Do one of the following:
•To create a new preset, click New. If you want to base the new preset on an existing preset, select the preset first.
•To edit an existing custom preset, select the preset and click Edit. (You cannot edit the default presets.)
•To delete a preset, select it and click Delete.
•To save a preset in a location other than the default Settings folder in the Adobe PDF folder, select it and click Save As. Specify a location and click Save.
3Set the PDF options, and click OK.
Alternatively, you can create a custom preset when you save a PDF file by clicking Save Preset at the bottom of the Save Adobe PDF dialog box.
If you want to share your presets with a colleague, select one or more presets and click Export. The presets are saved to a separate .joboptions file, which you can then transfer to your colleague via e-mail or over your computer network.
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Applications and utilities that create PDFs use the last set of PDF settings defined or selected.

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