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MAKING SMALL PDFs
QuarkXPress produces larger PDF file sizes than Adobe programs because it has to write it to Postscript first. Some Postscript code may be left in the file increasing its size. You can optimize and reduce file size of Quark's PDF either by using PDF Optimizer in Acrobat, or by placing this file in InDesign and exporting it as PDF from there. Below are some pointers for the correct settings.
In all Adobe CS programs:
Choosing a correct preset (Standard for web, High Quality Print for desktop printing and Press for the image setters and presses) will set the compression options correctly for the output (of course the best is to set the image resolution correctly in Photoshop beforehand).
If you are the one who exports a PDF file from Illustrator, make sure that the Preserve Illustrator Editing Capabilities is NOT checked (this increases file size).
When exporting from all Adobe programs: Optimize For Fast Web View should be checked in General PDF Options, Compress Text and Line Art should be checked in the Compression Options (ZIP-like compression, no loss of quality). Page Thumbnails should be unchecked for smaller size but you are loosing the page preview.
If you are exporting a PDF from InDesign, additionally make sure that in General Options in the Export PDF dialog window Crop Image Data To Frames is checked. This will crop all images bigger than their frames and further decrease the size of the resulting PDF docoment.
If you received a PDF document already made, you can still optimize every PDF file directly in Acrobat by using the PDF Optimizer from the Print Production submenu of the Tools pulldown menu. The Reduce File Size command from the File pulldown menu uses the settings from the PDF Optimizer.
And if you have no Acrobat but you own InDesign, placing a PDF document in InDesign layout and exporting it again from InDesign will also do the trick, providing your options are set correctly.
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