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Timber · 08-18-2010, 04:52 AM

I think I may have found the problem.

It looks like a lot of the source file is being considered images rather than text, and PDF is really good at compressing images. Better than most other formats, so when I convert it, it gets bigger.

I have the full version of Acrobat and I'm playing with the OCR functions to have it recognize the text as text, rather than the full page as an image.

Betcha that's the problem. If so, I should be able to make these files many times smaller. Here's hoping...

08-18-2010, 04:52 AM	#2
Timber Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2008 Device: iPad, Macbook Pro, Kindle	I think I may have found the problem. It looks like a lot of the source file is being considered images rather than text, and PDF is really good at compressing images. Better than most other formats, so when I convert it, it gets bigger. I have the full version of Acrobat and I'm playing with the OCR functions to have it recognize the text as text, rather than the full page as an image. Betcha that's the problem. If so, I should be able to make these files many times smaller. Here's hoping...