Mac OS X 10.5.8--I routinely have to put out a file that is only 8 to 10 pages long, written in MS Word 2008 (version 12.2.0). The document contains one graphic element and a table crossing over three of the pages. Calling up the Print dialog, I use the "Save as PDF" feature. The generated PDF file is something over 20 Mb, while the same Word file, opened in Pages, and converted to PDF using the export feature, is about 650 Kb. Since I have to email this document out, I would like to use a PDF file as small as possible.
I have used "Save As" for the Word document, to squeeze out as much "fluff" as possible. Minimal size reduction. The one graphic element I use in the document is less than 100 Kb. The reason I don't routinely use Pages for the document is Pages' inability to mix portrait and landscape pages within one document (the tables are landscape).
Any ideas on how to generate a PDF from Word that is small in size?
