FM12: PDF file size exploding

Tue Feb 17 10:57:11 PST 2015

If these files started off as XML or structured files, and the others 
didn't, there could definitely be some extra cruft in there. You 
probably checked this already, but are these files still structured?

I haven't noticed any significant size difference in PDFs from XML from 
FM11 to FM12. I just did a quick test of a single page .. when saved to 
PDF from FM11 it's 63KB and from FM12 it's 69 KB .. over 100 pages that 
might be a difference of 60KB. Not a big difference from my perspective.

Doing a similar test with an unstructured file, the FM11 PDF is 34 KB 
and the FM12 PDF is 40KB.

The structured/XML sourced file actually has less content than the 
unstructured file, and the resulting PDF is larger .. so it's possible 
that your PDFs that come from XML may be larger. And there does seem to 
be an increase in size (from both structured and unstructured) in PDFs 
from FM11 to FM12.

You might check to see if your files are still structured .. removing 
the structure (if that's the intent) might reduce the file size. Also, 
since these files came through a different path, they may have 
additional content/graphics/?? on reference pages which could increase 
the file size.

Cheers,
...scott

On 2/17/15 9:50 AM, Lin Sims wrote:
> After a bit of testing, the increase seems to be linked to 3 files 
> that were created using DITAFMx from a batch of xml files that were 
> generated by script from an Excel workbook. Interestingly, these files 
> have always been part of the document (and inserted in the same way), 
> so I'm not sure why there's a sudden file size increase.
>
> I'll be regenerating these files again soon, so I'll see if the 
> increase continues. It's still odd.
>
> On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 12:39 PM, David Spreadbury <dspreadb at yahoo.com 
> <mailto:dspreadb at yahoo.com>> wrote:
>
>     Lin,
>     I just tested your issue opening a 12 page text only structured
>     FM7.2 file and saving it as FM12.
>     Did nothing more than open the FM7.2 in FM12 and then save it as a
>     FM12 document.
>     Printed FM12 version using Acro XI Adobe PDF driver.
>     Distilled postscript to PDF.
>     FM7.2 file size=358KB Acro 8 PDF=207KB
>     FM12 file size=8630KB Acro XI PDF=278KB
>     This was one chapter of a 30+ chapter book.
>     The Acro8 PDF of the book is 3025KB.
>     I can open and update all the chapters, but with only 70KB
>     increase in one chapter, I would expect a slight increase in the
>     book, but nothing like you are experiencing.
>
>     Dave
>
>
>     On Tuesday, February 17, 2015 11:18 AM, Lin Sims
>     <ljsims.ml at gmail.com <mailto:ljsims.ml at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
>     The PDF has to be posted as a shared review on a cloud web storage
>     site. There's a size limit to what you can upload. My company is
>     using corporate GMAIL and I have a 30Gb limit on storage, and for
>     now I have to attach a shared review enabled PDF to an email to
>     allow reviewers to join the review*. Admittedly, this one file
>     isn't going to break either of those limits, but it's not
>     something I can keep doing for a long period of time. Plus the
>     sudden increase in size worries me. If there's a problem with the
>     files, I need to find it before things get hosed (and yes, I did
>     run all the files through a MIF wash).
>
>     *I will be testing setting up a shared review by storing the
>     shared review PDF on the cloud drive and sending a link instead,
>     but until I do, I know this works.
>
>     On Tue, Feb 17, 2015 at 12:04 PM, Fred Ridder <docudoc at hotmail.com
>     <mailto:docudoc at hotmail.com>> wrote:
>
>         Not to minimize your question, but...
>
>         With the cost of computer storage running about $0.10 per
>         gigabyte for hard disk or $0.50 per gigabyte for SSD, I'm not
>         sure it's worthwhile worrying about 10 MB more or less. That's
>         less than 1/2 cent's worth of storage space. Unless you know
>         your documents are going to be posted on a website where a
>         significant number of users do not have anything resembling
>         broadband access, spending more than a few seconds worrying
>         about 10 MB in file size does not yield a good return on
>         investment.
>
>         -Fred Ridder
>
>         ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>         Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 11:26:35 -0500
>         Subject: FM12: PDF file size exploding
>         From: ljsims.ml at gmail.com <mailto:ljsims.ml at gmail.com>
>         To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
>         <mailto:framers at lists.frameusers.com>
>
>
>         Has anyone had an issue with the size of a generated PDF
>         increasing dramatically after moving a book from FM10 to FM12
>         (or any earlier version of FM to FM12)?
>
>         I've got a book that's gone from under 3M to over 12M, and
>         that's AFTER running the Save as Reduced Size.
>
>         Is this a bug, have I not set something up in either FM12 or
>         Acrobat 10 correctly, or is there a solution?
>
>         Thanks,
>
>         -- 
>         Lin Sims
>
>
>
>
>
>     -- 
>     Lin Sims
>
>     _____
>

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