There are a number of possible causes for this:
•Graphics scaling: The first thing to check is the images used in your files. Help+Manual supports image scaling of high-resolution images for PDF files. If you are using large images to improve printout quality your files will be bigger and there is not a lot you can do about it, other than turning off scaling and using smaller images.
•Graphics compression: Check your image compression settings for PDF in . You can significantly reduce the size of your files with JPEG compression but this also reduces image quality.
•Font embedding: Embedded fonts significantly increase the size of PDF files. Unless it's absolutely essential only use standard fonts like Arial and Times Roman so that you don't have to embed fonts. Check your embedding settings in .
•Graphics in your PDF template: If you insert very large graphics in your PDF templates this will also increase the size of your PDF. Check all the template sections for forgotten graphics, including graphics objects whose size has accidentally been made very small – they will still be exported to the PDF!
Note that the nominal image format doesn't affect the size of your PDF files. All supported formats are converted to bitmaps.
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