Turning doc into a Pdf

[Peggy Grall]

I have Windows 08 and work on a Leopard OS...Mac Book Pro

I need to be able to turn documents into a pdfs and something smaller than
they are as a doc, so I can send them through email. I often need to send a
proposal to a client that has several pictures in it. These proposals are
around 5MB.

When I ŒSave as¹ and choose the pdf option, it increases the size of the
document to 25 MB. And, when I do a ŒPrint¹ and then choose the pdf option
at the bottom left of the print options screen, again it turns the document
into a much larger doc.

So, how can I turn a regular .doc into a pdf and either make is smaller or
keep it the same size?

Thanks

Peggy

 

[Rob Schneider]

PDF doesn't necessarily get smaller than it's doc equivalent. The
default PDF-making programs that are in Word (provided by Adobe) only do
what they do. You can buy Adobe Acrobat from Adobe that has
functionality to prossibly produce smaller files, and other functions to
reduce existing PDF files sizes by doing more to the file.

--rms

www.rmschneider.com

 

[CyberTaz]

Hi Peggy;

There seems to be a widespread misconception out there that PDFs should
always, automatically be smaller than the files from which they're
generated. As you're finding, that just isn't the case

The first consideration is to make sure that the image files used in your
document aren't any larger than they need to be. Inserting 2 MB images into
a document is usually unnecessary. If you can have the images processed to
an appropriate resolution at the required print dimensions using a decent
image editing program it will help greatly.

When you create the PDF use the Print option rather than Save As. In the
Print dialog click the Preview button then go to Preview's File> Save As
dialog. Make sure Format: is set for PDF, open the Quartz Filter: list &
choose Reduce File Size, then save the file. The resulting PDF will look
fine on screen but print quality may suffer. That's about the best you'll be
able to do with the built-in PDF tools of OS X.

For greater control over PDF output you need a decent PDF application. There
are several out there that are reasonably priced (some free) as well as the
Adobe Acrobat product itself.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

 

[Peggy Grall]

Hi Peggy;

There seems to be a widespread misconception out there that PDFs should
always, automatically be smaller than the files from which they're
generated. As you're finding, that just isn't the case

The first consideration is to make sure that the image files used in your
document aren't any larger than they need to be. Inserting 2 MB images into
a document is usually unnecessary. If you can have the images processed to
an appropriate resolution at the required print dimensions using a decent
image editing program it will help greatly.

When you create the PDF use the Print option rather than Save As. In the
Print dialog click the Preview button then go to Preview's File> Save As
dialog. Make sure Format: is set for PDF, open the Quartz Filter: list &
choose Reduce File Size, then save the file. The resulting PDF will look
fine on screen but print quality may suffer. That's about the best you'll be
able to do with the built-in PDF tools of OS X.

For greater control over PDF output you need a decent PDF application. There
are several out there that are reasonably priced (some free) as well as the
Adobe Acrobat product itself.

HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac

Thanks that helps a lot...I'll bite the bullet and get Adobe

Peggy