FM12: PDF file size exploding

[Lin Sims]

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Shoot, you're right. Adobe finally fixed the SVG generation into PDF so
that the SVG graphics are searchable again. Or so they say, I haven't
actually tried to search for anything.

On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 3:54 PM, Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com>
wrote:

> Maybe there's a change in how FrameMaker 12 handles SVGs when
> generating PDFs? Could the rasterization quality default have changed?
>
> On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 12:34 PM, Lin Sims <ljsims.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Nope. All the images are SVGs that are copied into the file (yes, I know,
> > but we're kinda stuck with that as part of the process).
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 2:24 PM, Robert Lauriston <robert at lauriston.com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Are of the image compression options different?
> >>
> >> On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 10:57 AM, Lin Sims <ljsims.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Nope. It's off by default. I had switched it on for one of the PDF
> >> > generations, because I was hoping to use the import comments from PDF
> to
> >> > Frame, but it turns out that really isn't as useful as I'd hoped, so
> the
> >> > next time I created the PDF, I made sure it was off.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 1:37 PM, Robert Lauriston <
> robert at lauriston.com>
> >> > wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> If that happened to me, I'd still want to know where the bloat was
> >> >> coming from. PDFs larger than 10MB still present problems for me on
> >> >> occasion, and files becoming 4X larger without any additional data
> >> >> strongly suggests that a property setting was inappropriately changed
> >> >> in the upgrade or some new property setting is at an inappropriate
> >> >> default.
> >> >>
> >> >> The Generate Tagged PDF option didn't get switched on, did it?
> >> >>
> >> >> On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Lin Sims <ljsims.ml at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >> > Well, on the minus side, regenerating those files and trying all
> the
> >> >> > tips
> >> >> > y'all have so kindly provided has not reduced the file size
> >> >> > appreciably.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On the plus side, I've discovered that it is, in fact, possible to
> >> >> > put
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > shared-review-enabled PDF onto the cloud storage site, where we
> have
> >> >> > unlimited storage. The reviewers still have to download it locally,
> >> >> > but
> >> >> > they
> >> >> > always had to do that. I no longer need to send it as an attachment
> >> >> > to
> >> >> > an
> >> >> > email, so the situation has become the one Fred thought it was to
> >> >> > begin
> >> >> > with. :-)
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> > Lin Sims
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Lin Sims
>



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Lin Sims
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