Optimize a PDF

Note: Optimizing a digitally signed document removes (and invalidates) the digital signatures.
  1. Open the PDF Optimizer dialog box.
  2. To use the default settings, choose Standard from the Settings menu, and then skip to step 6. If you change any settings in the PDF Optimizer dialog box, the Settings menu automatically switches to Custom.
  3. From the Make Compatible With menu, choose Retain Existing to keep the current PDF version of the file, or choose a version of Acrobat that you want the PDF to be compatible with. (The options available in panels vary depending on this choice.)
  4. Select the check box next to a panel (for example, Images, Fonts, Transparency), and then select options in that panel.
  5. (Optional) To save your customized settings, click the Save button and name the settings. (You can delete any saved settings by choosing it in the Settings menu and clicking the Delete button.)
  6. When you are finished selecting options, click OK.
  7. In the Save Optimized As dialog box, click Save to overwrite the original PDF with the optimized PDF, or select a new name or location.
    To optimize a number of documents at the same time, you can use the Output Options in the Batch Processing command.
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