For Windows, the following thread, "How to convert PDF File into smaller size" will give you a couple of leads:
http://www.techsupportalert.com/freeware-forum/home-office-and-productivity/2442-how-to-convert-pdf-file-into-smaller-size.html#post16978 Dan On Sat, Oct 31, 2015 at 5:50 AM, Murray Strome <wmstrome at yahoo.com> wrote: > Re: Pdf file size Original Message from John Beardmore > I seem to recall somebody saying that you could run Scribus > .pdf files through some tool or other, which made them a lot > smaller without noticeable loss of quality. Can anybody > remember which tool this is ? I have access to Linux boxes > too if needs be. > > --------------------------The Script I use to do the job is a slightly > modified version of the Perl script, compress_newsletter.pl, the > original for which can be found here: > http://wiki.scribus.net/canvas/Web_optimised_PDFI don't think the > original works anymore, but the text file attached to this link: > http://forums.scribus.net/index.php?topic=1727.0does work (at least in > LINUX). Thanks to a member of the Victoria LINUX Users Group, I now have a > modified script which does the major things I asked for, namely remove the > .meta file and give an option of replacing the original PDF file instead of > creating a new file called {original file name}.new.pdf which I will try to > attach to a later E-Mail if I can find it (I am travelling right now and am > not certain I have it with me right now) if attachments are permitted when > posting to the Scribus list -- I have forgotten whether they are or not. > Murray > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20151031/eafa3a2e/attachment.html > > > ___ > Scribus Mailing List: scribus at lists.scribus.net > Edit your options or unsubscribe: > http://lists.scribus.net/mailman/listinfo/scribus > See also: > http://wiki.scribus.net > http://forums.scribus.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.scribus.net/pipermail/scribus/attachments/20151031/f69b9a16/attachment.html>
