In this blog we are going to introduce the ways that will help you compress PDF files on a Windows OS. Windows is the most trustworthy and easy to use Operating System in the world, and PDF document is the most secure and trustworthy open source document format present.

PDF is the standard document format that supports every OS that is available currently. Taking benefit of the password protection feature offered in PDFs, users use two types of password for assigning security in PDF files i.e. ‘Owner Level’ & ‘User Level’. Both options make PDF documents more secured & preferred for legal or other confidential purposes. IT Professionals also proved that PDF is an ultimate document format for easy use & also offers storage of different forms of data content; documents, graphics, charts, and forms. Users saving their documents as high quality images, charts, heavy graphics in PDF tend to experience large sized documents and also the probability of corruption. So it would be better to compress such heavy sized documents using free or low cost tools available online.

Compressing a PDF File Using Online Tool

You have to search on net through different search engines by using some keywords like “online tool for PDF compressions / free tool to perform PDF compression or tools to compress PDF online”. Afterwards, ensure that the tool you are preferring to perform the task, is free.

I will provide you the reference of some online tools which will help you compress PDF files very easily.

NEEVIA

http://convert.neevia.com/pdfcompress/

Neevia Online PDF compression tool makes it possible for anyone to reduce the size of large PDF documents without the need of installing special software or hampering its contents.

1. Search online


2. Upload and compress


3. Download (Refer the Screenshot Given Below)


SMALL PDF

http://smallpdf.com/compress-pdf

Compress PDF - Reduce the size of your PDF online. This app compresses your PDF doc on the cloud for free to a perfect size that is still in a good quality.
1. Drop the PDF in the provided area stating: ‘Drop PDF Here’


2. Upload the PDF file.


3. Download the output PDF file.


Compressing a PDF Using Adobe Acrobat’s Save Feature

Adobe Acrobat is the most preferred utility which is used for PDF document. That’s because it creates PDF document.

1. Open the document on Adobe Acrobat Professional.


2. Click on File → Save As → Reduced Size PDF. Select the version of compatibility needed. If you can ensure that all users will be using version Adobe Acrobat X or later, the file will be further compressed.


Compressing a PDF Using PDFWARE Toolbox

PDFWARE Toolbox is a utility that is made to perform PDF management tasks like compression. (Powered By SysTools)

1. Visit the PDFWARE official website and Download PDFWARE Toolbox.
2. Install and start - Click on “Compress” this will allow you to compress the PDF.


3. Select the PDF file by clicking “Add File(s) or Add Folder”


4. Select and open the files that you want to compress from the browser window.


5. Now the software will show all the PDF files that you had selected.


6. Select the destination path, where your output will get saved.


7. After performing the above mentioned process, select the “NEXT” Button


8. Options for Compression: Enter the details asked for.


9. Uncheck the Compress option, to get the high quality Images.



10. Click on “Advance Setting” to get more options.


11. After clicking on "Advance Settings" option, a dialog box for advance settings option will appear as follows:


12. Choose image compression options.


13. Default Button will reset all the values to default value. Click OK to confirm the values, which you have selected.


14. Page Options:

  • Select Pages on which Operations are to be performed.
  • Only choose the page numbers that you want to be processed.
  • Select First Radio Button, and select either of the option All, Odd, Even.
  • Second Radio Button: Mention page range by selecting the starting page number and end page number.
  • Select Third Radio Button for specifying the page numbers. Mention page numbers separated by comma. After this, click on "Next" button to continue.


15.  The software will show the summary page. Now Click on "Start" button to begin the process.


16. On completing the process, software will display confirmation on screen.



Compressing a PDF Using Google Drive

1. Open Google drive with any “Gmail” account.
2. Upload the PDF file on Google Drive by clicking on the create button given on the left side of the screen.


3. Click on the PDF file which is Uploaded on Google Drive.


4. Then Click on the print option give on top of the screen.


After reading this blog, I hope that you can easily compress your crucial PDF without compromising the quality or content of the PDF. The above 4 tips offer some free as well as reasonably priced solutions. So, lets try and get the best of advantages from these tips and “Thank You For Visiting PDF-Tips”.