Why is PrintToPDF creating very large PDF files?
A. The most likely reason is that you have checked one or more text fonts in the Fonts list in PrintToPDF’s preferences dialog. I said right in the dialog that “I recommend that you use this feature only for symbol and dingbat fonts, not text fonts”, but you did it anyway, didn’t you? The second most likely reason is that your documents contain a lot of pictures. If they are photographic images (as opposed to, say, diagrams, scanned text, or screen shots), you should turn on the JPEG option under the Images tab in PrintToPDF’s preferences dialog. You can also save space, at some expense in image quality, by choosing the 12 bit color option. Also see the FAQ on tables in Word documents.
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