Compress a pdf file size in acrobat xi

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    How to reduce file size in Acrobat XI?

    

    /t5/acrobat-discussions/how-to-reduce-file-size-in-acrobat-xi/td-p/6388264 Sep 02, 2014 Sep 02, 2014

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    How can I to reduce the file size is Acrobat XI Pro? Up until v.9, it was just a matter of opening the pulldown menu Documents > Reduce File Size. and then some more. How's that done in the newer versions of Acrobat?

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    Community Expert , Sep 02, 2014 Sep 02, 2014 Bernd Alheit • Community Expert , Sep 02, 2014 Sep 02, 2014

    Look in the menu File > Save As Other.

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    /t5/acrobat-discussions/how-to-reduce-file-size-in-acrobat-xi/m-p/6388265#M18225 Sep 02, 2014 Sep 02, 2014

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    Look in the menu File > Save As Other.

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    /t5/acrobat-discussions/how-to-reduce-file-size-in-acrobat-xi/m-p/6388266#M18226 Sep 02, 2014 Sep 02, 2014

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    Works like a charm. I have a pdf file of a A1 size drawing that went from 6,7 to 1.7 Mb. The rendered image became slightly grainier (hardly noticable), but the text recognition stayed intact. Magnificent!

    

    FYI I've tested this file size reduction in three different runs:

    Save As Ot h er. > R educed Size PDF. (Acrobat 1.4 comp.) 1,69 Mb

    Save As Ot h er. > R educed Size PDF. (Acrobat 1.6 comp.) 1,75 Mb

    Save As Ot h er. > O ptimized PDF. 1,73 Mb