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Matt G · Veteran Member

Ho do I make a 29MB PDF smaller?

Cubber · Super Guru

There is a programme called WinZip available which compresses files for emailing and archiving. www.winzip.com

Since your *.pdf is a rather large file it may be better to use a transfer site.

Have a look at something like https://www.transferbigfiles.com/

There are plenty of other transfer and hosting sites available so have a look first before you decide. I've only ever used WinZip on relatively small files and find it very easy and safe in use.

Martyn

Matt G · Veteran Member

Thank you Martyn. I will give WinZip a go.

Matt

TTRfan · Super Guru

Hi Matt

Despite my head still being very woolly with remnants of man flu, I did think of a possible good idea which is to split the file into two. Google "how do i split a pdf file" - there are a few freebie utilities that purport to do this.

Brian

mww916 · Veteran Member

You could use dropbox - try googling the term.

You can then set up members to join / be invited who can access files whenever they want. I am not a techo - but let me know if it doesnt make sense and I can help set it up

dlowenst · Member

I have Adobe Acrobat, which allows you to create and modify PDFs. It has a feature to reduce the file size of an existing PDF, which it presumably does by reducing the resolution. I tried it on the TT-R250 Manual that I have, which reduced it from 29MB to just under 14MB. The quality still seems pretty good. I'd be happy to email the smaller version if anyone wants it.

I also tried zipping the reduced-size version, and the zip file is just over 10MB. I can send that as well or instead if needed.

Dave

Matt G · Veteran Member

Thank you Dave,

I tried Winzip but could not get that to work. I will try Acrobat and dropbox.

Matt

Matt G · Veteran Member

Hi,

I downloaded Adobe Acrobat but the PDF document is password protected so I cannot reduce the size. I will ask some of the IT guys at work what options I have.

Matt