Sunday, February 10, 2008

The Best Time to Refry Using Distiller

The best time to refry a PDF using Distiller (as opposed to the PDF Optimizer) is after you have assembled it, but before you have added any PDF features. Here is the sequence I typically use when preparing a PDF for online distribution:
  1. Assemble the original PDF pages and Save As . . . to a new PDF.
  2. If page sizes are wildly irregular, crop them .
  3. Refry the original PDF document and compare the resulting refried PDF to the original. Adjust Distiller settings as necessary and choose the best results.
  4. Crop and rotate the refried PDF pages as needed.
  5. If the original document had bookmarks or other PDF features, copy them back to the refried PDF] .
  6. Add PDF features or finishing touches .
  7. Save again using Save As . . . to compact the PDF. In Acrobat 6, save the final PDF by selecting File >Reduce File Size . . . and set the compatibility to Acrobat 5.

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