: Why is my PDF size from my InDesign Export still large? I'm doing class project that is a four-page, seven-image document with very little text. The project must be submitted as a PDF under

@Fox8063795

In order to get a small size pdf i would suggest trying; file - save as - pdf(interactive) instead of pdf(print)... You will get a smaller file i believe...

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@Ogunnowo857

There is so many methods that reduce your PDF make sure you follow one of it or you may need "in some cases" to follow all of them. some when you export from indesign and some in Acrobat itself as a post production process.
you can reduce the PDF by one of the following method.


RGB color mode is less in size than CMYK
images embeded in the document may be very huge, check the image size and its color mode too.
when you intend to save your work to PDF in indesign make sure to select a PDF smaller PDF preset. notice that [high quality preset] is a profile produce large file than [smallest file size]
you may want to define a new custom preset by [define...] a new preset and make sure to deselect from the tones of the options that make your PDF smaller in size. like ((a.de-check embed page thumbnails b.check optimize for fast web view c.dont export all layers and don't preserve exporting layer)) see the following image

in the compression options make sure to downsampling all you picture to a reasonable sizes. and check all option as marked in the attached image.



now for the produced PDF file you may optimize its size within Adobe Acrobat itself. by an action optimizing the PDF for web and mobile view as show in the next screen capture

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