- When you have a large PDF file that can't be sent through email or that takes a long time to download, consider reducing the size using Adobe Acrobat. Go to the menu bar and click on "Advanced" then "PDF Optimizer." You will be given various options for reducing the size of your PDF file, including image "downsampling." Set your document so that all images that are over a certain resolution are downsampled to a lower figure. For instance, if all of the images in your PDF file are 450 dpi (dots per inch) or higher, you can downsample all of them to be 200 dpi. This will reduce your file size and make it easier for people to view your PDF.
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If you created a document in Microsoft Office or another program, you may have added links to websites in that file. As long as the website links are spelled out (for example, http://www.website123.com), you can automatically create clickable links for all of those sites using Adobe Acrobat.
Click "Advanced" on your toolbar then "Document Processing." The option to "Create Links From URLs" will make all of your links clickable. -
You may have some information on your website that you want to email to your contacts (especially in the case of a long sales letter or an article). You don't have to copy and paste the words over into a word processing program, which will cause you to lose the formatting. Adobe Acrobat has a tool that allows you to convert HTML files to PDF format automatically.
In the menu bar, click "File" then "Create PDF" then "From Web Page" in Adobe Acrobat. Find the HTML file that you want to convert. Select "Create" to start converting the website file to PDF. The converter will make your PDF look as similar to the original webpage as possible. You can then open the finished PDF file and add links to the converted PDF (if it has not been done in the conversion) and send the file off to your contacts.
