Perhaps you could 'replace' all the bitmaps with either graphic or text objects when you do your pdf export. If you have lots of checkboxes for example you could replace these with a simple x or tick. Any buttons you don't really need to show could also go.
Terry... On 03/06/2013, at 09:32 AM, stephen barncard wrote: > that's really odd, as I thought Postscript was designed to be frugal - the > beginnings of desktop publishing used machines with 128k of RAM! > > ( in the case if there is a bitmap present, all bets are off, because the > size will explode trying to describe an image.) > > > On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 4:26 PM, Dr. Hawkins <doch...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 4:23 PM, stephen barncard < >> stephenrevoluti...@barncard.com> wrote: >> >>> I don't know how many pages are involved, but half a megabye doesn't seem >>> small for textual information. That's a lot of bloat in my opinion.... >> I've >>> created multi-page pdf docs under 100k. >>> >> >> 4 pages, but it does have lots of boxes & a few lines. >> >> >> -- >> Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. >> (702) 508-8462 >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> > > > > -- > > > > Stephen Barncard > San Francisco Ca. USA > > more about sqb <http://www.google.com/profiles/sbarncar> > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > Dr Terry Judd Senior Lecturer in Medical Education Medical Eduction Unit Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences The University of Melbourne _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode