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Print to PDF > Advanced > Check box to Print As Image > OK > Print

Flattening and Optimizing

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Especially for portfolios, file size is a severe limiting factor. Rather than reducing the number of images or pages, reduce your overall file size!!

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1. Go to File -> Save As -> Optimized PDF
2. Click the "Audit space usage.." button
   
   
3. Here we see, by percentage, what type of data is heaviest in your file
   
4. Refer to the following steps depending on what type of data you want to cut down.