I'm on OSX Mavericks, Acrobat XI.
I read the other forum called "Reduce file size Acrobat X" but couldn't find an answer to my specific issue.
Since upgrading to XI I've been unable to succesfully reduce the file size of a pdf. Here's my workflow:
- I start by going to "Create > Combine files into a single PDF"
- I'm creating a pdf of scanned documents (no fonts used) so I drag in the jpegs in and it successfully assembles a multipage pdf
- I go to "Save As Other... > Optimized PDF..." and then make a few adjustments like lower the jpeg compression level and the DPI.
- I then save the document and there is absolutely no change in the document size. It doesn't matter what settings I make, they don't seem to have any effect on the image sizes.
- Another bug keeps occuring that may or may not be related. Every few days I see a popup window asking me to update Acrobat. When I check the Creative Cloud app it says that Acrobat XI is up-to-date. Is there any connection? How do I make that popup stop (it seems like a pre-CC style popup).
I've been using Acrobat Professional for more than a decade and never had any issues like this in the past.
