How to compress PDF files to make them smaller?The size of a PDF file is usually affected by the content, images, and formatting contained in the file. Larger PDF files can cause delays in loading speeds, wasted storage space, or difficulty in emailing. Therefore, it is a common need to compress and reduce the size of PDF files. In addition, reducing the size of the PDF file does not affect the quality and readability of the file itself.
In this day and age, there are many ways to manipulate PDF files and reduce the size of the file. Whether it is a very professional compression software or a first-class compression tool, it can successfully help you solve this problem, so as to improve the usability and sharing efficiency of files. In the following article, I will list in detail a few simple and easy ways to operate, if you are more interested, please read on below, I believe you will soon be able to master this technique.
Method 1 of PDF compression: by using the "Yousu File Compressor" software
Step 1, open the computer has been installed ** file compressor, double-click to open the software, on the left side of the page you can see that there are five different compression functions, here you need to click on the "pdf compression" function option.
Step 2, click "Add File" to upload the PDF file to the software, you can also use the mouse to directly drag the PDF file into the software. When using it, you need to know that it is possible to process multiple PDF files, and it supports batch compression.
Step 3, then on the right, set the compression quality, if you fill in the value of the compression quality lower, the smaller it will be compressed. However, I would like to suggest that you do not set the quality too low, as this will damage the content of the PDF file.
Step 4, Finally, click the red "Start Conversion" button to let the software quickly compress the selected PDF file.
Step 5, after the compression operation is completed, the software can automatically open the output folder, as shown in the figure, you can see the compressed PDF file that has become smaller, through comparison, you can see that the compressed PDF is much smaller than before compression.
Method 2 of PDF compression: Use the "xuejiapdf" tool.
Step 1, after opening the "xuejiapdf"** tool on the computer browser, there will be many different functional options in the home page, here you need to click on the "PDF compression" function option.
Step 2, wait for this **tool to open the "PDF compression" function page, there is a "click to select file" button in the middle of the tool page, click this button to add all the prepared pdf files to the ** tool, in this tool can process multiple PDF files in batches.
Step 3, after the pdf file is uploaded to the ** tool, then set the compression type below, the compression type here has clear priority, regular compression and reduction priority, you need to choose the most suitable compression type according to your specific needs, the default compression type here is "clear priority".
Step 4, after setting the compression type, directly click the "Start Compression" button to let the tool open the compression program, and the whole compression process is also very successful.
Step 5, as shown in the figure, after the ** tool successfully completes the compression operation, you will be able to view the compressed PDF file, and you can also share or preview the compressed PDF file.
Method 3 of PDF compression: Use the software "Time PDF Converter".
Step 1, open the "Time PDF Converter" software on the desktop of your computer, there are many different functions in its home page, and the function you need to use here is the "PDF compression" option.
Step 2, then click the "Add File" button in the upper right corner of the page to upload multiple PDF files, which can be used to process multiple PDF files in batches. Or you can drag and drop the PDF file into the software, which is also very easy.
Step 3, after uploading the PDF file to the software, set the "Compression Level" on the page, there are four options here: Clarity Priority, Balanced Compression, Reduction Priority and Compression to Minimum, and the default compression level here is "Balanced Compression".
Step 4, after all the three operations are completed, click the "Start Compression" button to start the compression program.
Step 5: After the compression process of the software is completed, you will be able to view the PDF file size before compression and the PDF file size after compression on the page.
In this article, we introduce multiple ways to manipulate PDF files for compression and size reduction. By using a dedicated PDF compression tool, built-in compression features, and some tips and optimizations, you can easily reduce the size of your PDF file and increase loading speed, save storage space, and facilitate file sharing and transfer. And when you master this skill, you can work with PDF files more efficiently, so as to improve the efficiency of your work and the convenience of document management. Finally, I also hope that this article can really help you and make you better learn and use. If you have any other questions or ideas, you can ask them in the comments section.