RE: file size problem

["Lester C. Smalley" <lsmalley@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

While the JPG image files may be smaller than the BMP versions, they are uncompressed inside FrameMaker for display, and this carries over to the PDF.

You can change the distiller job options to recover most of that space, but ALWAYS use a loss-less compression (e.g., LZW instead of JPEG) format.

-- Lester
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-framers@omsys.com [mailto:owner-framers@omsys.com]On Behalf
Of dlevy@boscom.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 10:59
To: framers@omsys.com
Subject: file size problem

Good day.
 
I'm working in FM 7.

I've been updating my .pdf using the File > Save book as > .pdf option.
After the .pdf is produced, I collapse the bookmarks with a Planet PDF
plug-in, readjust the Document Properties > Open Options, and Save.  (If I
don't readjust the Open Options, Save is disabled.)
 
I just went through two chapters of the document and replaced about 25 large
.bmps with .jpgs.  I expected that the resulting .pdf would be quite
smaller.  Instead, it's bigger.

I repeated the process without making any changes and, surprise, the
resulting .pdf is slightly bigger again.

I tried Save as instead of Save. No change.
 
I must be storing some kind of document history somewhere, but I don't know
if it's in FrameMaker, in Acrobat, or in my Distiller properties.

Suggestions please.

David Levy
BOScom

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