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Different weights word / pdf

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telliak Posted messages 3652 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   -
Good evening everyone!

I need to upload a 3-page file containing 2 images and text to an online platform. The maximum size for uploading this file is 2 MB. My Word document is 744 KB, but once in PDF format, it's 6 MB!!!

I would like to understand where this difference comes from and how to fix it.

Thank you in advance to everyone!

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    jjpot Posted messages 8431 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   2 259
     
    The PDF is actually an image and is naturally heavier than a .doc
    However, when converting to PDF, you should be able to adjust the compression.
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    1. telliak Posted messages 3652 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   885
       
      Hi,
      The PDF is actually an image and naturally weighs more than a .doc
      My experience makes me doubt this assertion.
      With Word 2010, a small text file and a few images, saved in 97/2003 mode, "weighs" 407 KB while the corresponding PDF, created with PDFill, is only 306 KB.
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    2. C-Claire Posted messages 4562 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   2 250
       
      Hello,

      I agree with Telliak's response. A PDF is not an image and doesn’t "naturally" weigh more. By default, it should even be the opposite.

      However, since the 2007 version of Office, files are automatically zipped when saved. One just needs to convince themselves by renaming a .docx to .zip (and reversing it afterwards). Therefore, .docx files are lighter.

      But indeed, jjpot, by playing around with the PDF conversion and thus the compression, you can definitely put it on a diet.

      For Ninis, you might be able to lighten your Word doc a bit by compressing the images if they weren't compressed initially: select an image, go to the Format tab, Compress Pictures, choose the Print resolution (220 ppi). Save under a different name to avoid overwriting your original and convert to PDF.

      C-Claire
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    3. telliak Posted messages 3652 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   885
       
      Re,
      To continue:
      1/ It would be interesting to know how the PDF was created.
      2/ Vocabulary point: we commonly refer to a "folder" as an object containing several files, each of these files representing a document.
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