In preview my "adjust size" in Tools is greyed out - Does anyone know why or a simple fix? I am trying to upload a file that is too large. What are some simple ways to make it smaller?
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
With the file opended in Preview, select "Export" from the File menu. From there, use the drop down menu in "Quartz Filter" to select "Reduce File Size".
The file size reduction is quite impressive.
Adjust size is only meant to adjust the size of an image, such as a JPEG or GIF. There's really no way to adjust a PDF to make it smaller other than perhaps reducing the size of images in the PDF before it's created.
There are a few tools that might allow the user to separate PDFs by pages. That might be helpful in cases where there's a maximum single file size that can be uploaded. I have a tool called Combine PDFs. Despite its name, it can be used to split up PDFs. There are other tools that work similarly.
http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/Software/CombinePDFs.shtml
How to make a pdf file size smaller on MacBook Pro
