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From: David Stone on 16 Jun 2010 11:32 In article <drache-557400.09370316062010(a)62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi>, erilar <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote: > In article <jollyroger-AD15FB.20554615062010(a)news.individual.net>, > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > In article <drache-952F69.18224515062010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > > erilar <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote: > > > > > DUH 8-) Right; it does say "Reader". I suppose I'd have to pay for the > > > full program. > > > > Well there are cheaper alternatives, mentioned by others in this thread. > > I noticed, but I wasn't thinking about it seriously at that point and > didn't save them. > > However, I have another related question I'm sure can be answered here. > I can make a .pdf of a 20-page document by using my printer software, > but I can't attach the thing to Mail and send it. Mail just sat there > spinning and I had to quit it and delete that message. I broke up the > file and sent it as more than one e-mail message, but lost the inserted > graphics(which weren't vital, so I didn't paste them back in) and some > formatting. What did I do wrong? Generated a 20 page document with embedded graphics, perhaps? :) Check the file size of the resulting complete pdf. If the embedded images are high resolution ones, and especially if they have been scaled down to fit within the document, you can easily reduce the size of the pdf by sizing them appropriately and reducing the resolution to something reasonable _before_ adding them to the document. The print dialog used to have options to "Save as PDF" and "Save as compressed PDF", but the latter seems to have disappeared at some point and been replaced by "Mail PDF". I don't know whether that results in a smaller file - I've only tried it with a small document, and the pdfs were the same size - but it might be worth looking into as an alternative.
From: AES on 17 Jun 2010 02:40 In article <no.email-3BDE15.11320516062010(a)news1.chem.utoronto.ca>, David Stone <no.email(a)domain.invalid> wrote: > In article > <drache-557400.09370316062010(a)62-183-169-81.bb.dnainternet.fi>, > erilar <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote: > > > In article <jollyroger-AD15FB.20554615062010(a)news.individual.net>, > > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > > > In article <drache-952F69.18224515062010(a)news.eternal-september.org>, > > > erilar <drache(a)chibardun.net.invalid> wrote: > > > > > > > > DUH 8-) Right; it does say "Reader". I suppose I'd have to pay for > > > > the > > > > full program. > > > > > > Well there are cheaper alternatives, mentioned by others in this thread. > > > > I noticed, but I wasn't thinking about it seriously at that point and > > didn't save them. > > > > However, I have another related question I'm sure can be answered here. > > I can make a .pdf of a 20-page document by using my printer software, > > but I can't attach the thing to Mail and send it. Mail just sat there > > spinning and I had to quit it and delete that message. I broke up the > > file and sent it as more than one e-mail message, but lost the inserted > > graphics(which weren't vital, so I didn't paste them back in) and some > > formatting. What did I do wrong? > > Generated a 20 page document with embedded graphics, perhaps? :) > > Check the file size of the resulting complete pdf. If the embedded > images are high resolution ones, and especially if they have been > scaled down to fit within the document, you can easily reduce the > size of the pdf by sizing them appropriately and reducing the > resolution to something reasonable _before_ adding them to the document. PDF Shrink (commercial software, but modestly priced) will also do a great job of this, resizing (actually, re-resolutioning) the images inside a PDF after it's been generated.
From: erilar on 17 Jun 2010 08:14 In article <no.email-3BDE15.11320516062010(a)news1.chem.utoronto.ca>, David Stone <no.email(a)domain.invalid> wrote: > Generated a 20 page document with embedded graphics, perhaps? :) Yes, but they were few, small, and low resolution because they were little maps. > > Check the file size of the resulting complete pdf. If the embedded > images are high resolution ones, and especially if they have been > scaled down to fit within the document, you can easily reduce the > size of the pdf by sizing them appropriately and reducing the > resolution to something reasonable _before_ adding them to the document. OK, I'll try that sometime(I've saved this advice), but here is the odd part: After my failure I looked at the actual size of the .pdf I couldn't mail and discovered it was about the same size as a .pdf brochure I forwarded to the same person(about a trip I'm planning) which is FULL of pictures. It went off with no problem. > > The print dialog used to have options to "Save as PDF" and "Save as > compressed PDF", but the latter seems to have disappeared at some > point and been replaced by "Mail PDF". I don't know whether that > results in a smaller file - I've only tried it with a small document, > and the pdfs were the same size - but it might be worth looking into > as an alternative. I'll check. Thanks. -- Erilar, biblioholic medievalist http://www.mosaictelecom.com/~erilarlo
From: Paul Sture on 20 Jun 2010 13:11 In article <1jk389s.18st9imnl2llkN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>, mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote: > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > > Is there software that will allow me to edit text within a pdf > > > document? Is there something within the OS? Thanks. > > > > Adobe Acrobat. > > True, but for considerably less money, there's PDFpen. I got a shock when I looked up the price of Acrobat last week. -- Paul Sture
From: Jolly Roger on 20 Jun 2010 13:20
In article <paul.nospam-9C1475.19115220062010(a)pbook.sture.ch>, Paul Sture <paul.nospam(a)sture.ch> wrote: > In article <1jk389s.18st9imnl2llkN%mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com>, > mikePOST(a)TOGROUPmacconsult.com (Mike Rosenberg) wrote: > > > Jolly Roger <jollyroger(a)pobox.com> wrote: > > > > > > Is there software that will allow me to edit text within a pdf > > > > document? Is there something within the OS? Thanks. > > > > > > Adobe Acrobat. > > > > True, but for considerably less money, there's PDFpen. > > I got a shock when I looked up the price of Acrobat last week. Yep. That goes for pretty much *any* Adobe application. -- Send responses to the relevant news group rather than email to me. E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my very hungry SPAM filter. Due to Google's refusal to prevent spammers from posting messages through their servers, I often ignore posts from Google Groups. Use a real news client if you want me to see your posts. JR |