AboutKen Black Expertise With over 20 years experience in graphic arts as well as working as a preflight and prepress technician for Best Printing Online, I can answer any questions relating to graphic design and printing. This includes but is not limited to Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Indesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, Quark Xpress and just about any other graphics related software.
Experience Currently employed by
Best Printing Online, I have been working as a graphic designer and printing professional for over 20 years. My experiences range from original design work including layout, illustration and photography to prepress production and troubleshooting. I have done consulting and training for some of the smallest print shops to the largest design agencies and printers in the industry.
Education/Credentials Occupational Certificate in Darkroom and Printing Technologies from back when light tables and contacting frames were cool. Attended McHenry County College, Columbia College Chicago and Northern Illinois University and strive to attain new knowledge in this field wherever it may be hiding.
I am scanning newspaper articles and making pdf files out of them. Also, within each pdf file I have put attachments to other newspaper articles. The problem is when I tried to send the whole adobe document through email at work it doesnt send because it is too big. Then, when I try to com-press the files into jpeg the attachments wont work. I need to be able to freely send the documents through email. The problem is, when I started attaching documents within pdf the size of the file gets bigger and bigger. Then when i try to compress it...i lose the attachment!
Thanks for your help!
Answer Hi Caroline,
Could you tell me which version of Acrobat Pro you are using?
The solution to this is basically the same no matter what the version, however, the commands are in different places depending on the version you are using.
Try choosing "Reduce File Size" that will reduce the size considerably of your pdf without converting it to a jpeg.
Another way would be to optimize the pdf. This will also reduce the size a bit but gives you more options to include links and change the compression settings and it also keeps the file as a pdf.
