FM12: PDF file size exploding

[Lin Sims]

And, just testing it, but Adobe Acrobat was not able to find text inside a
graphic, which was a big reason why we upgraded. I'll have to look into
that, but I bet you're right, Robert. I bet that's the cause.

On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 3:57 PM, Lin Sims <ljsims.ml at gmail.com> wrote:

> <blink>
>
> 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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