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Is there a pdf crop utility for windows that will give smaller files?
The answers to this question contain pdf cropping utilities that will give smaller files than Eric Doviak's original, but as far as I can tell they only work in Linux.
Is there a way to make them ...
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On how double precision numbers are encoded in a pdf file
Imagine the following tikz/pgfplots code:
% compile as: lualatex --jobname=figname-f1 figname.tex
\documentclass[10pt]{book}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.6}
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moderncv - filesize of pdf too big
I managed to work out how to create a job application that is entirely written in the moderncv style. I use the moderncv class itself for my CV and the attachments (making each document a section with ...
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Is it possible to adjust natively the size of the PDF file during compilation with pdflatex?
I am a beginner in LaTeX, tentatively using it for industrial documents. I am working on a laboratory report containing little text and a large number of pictures. I prefer to leave the pictures at ...
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Is it possible to reduce the file size of generated PDF by clipping the included images with \includegraphics' viewport?
I noticed that clipping images with \includegraphics' viewport does not reduce the file size of generated PDF output. I might miss other settings.
Is it possible to reduce the file size of generated ...
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Embedding Type 1C fonts using LuaLaTeX
As pointed out in the answer to PDF file size with LuaLaTeX vs XeLaTeX, the difference between using Type 1 and Type 1C fonts in two documents made a big difference in file size.
File size is ...
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Why does TeX Live's pdflatex produce smaller PDFs than MiKTeX's pdflatex?
When building my master thesis, I've found that the size of the produced PDF differs if I use Tex Live on Ubuntu compared to MiKTeX on Windows; for the latter, the size is about 50% greater (from ...
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Is it possible to reduce pdf file size by optimizing images in texniccenter? [duplicate]
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How to make the PDFs produced by pdflatex smaller?
I have some images in PNG. Those are large in size. I am editing using texniccenter, utilizing this pdflatex.exe.
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Get a smaller pdf file out of pdflatex [duplicate]
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How to make the PDFs produced by pdflatex smaller?
I'm using the moderncv package to create my CV.
Now I was wondering if there is a way to get a smaller output, ...
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pdfcrop generates larger file?
I use pdfcrop to remove margins from a 10MB PDF, 400pages. Margins are properly removed, but the resulting PDF is 51MB large? Any suggestions?
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Will reusing \sbox-ed cmds reduce DVI/PDF size?
I wonder wheither reusing \sbox'es decreases only .tex code or also its final output whether DVI/PDF/... i.e. does TeX expand them while writing DVI or PDF or does the viewer do that? For example ...
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why is GnuPlot .tex to .pdf, large compared with raster images?
Raster scanned articles tend to be quite a bit larger than vector graphics based articles. In practice when I make a plot with gnuplot, the resulting pdf is large compared for what it displays. I look ...
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Why does pdflatex produce bigger output files than latex+dvipdfm?
Consider this sample code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-4]
\end{document}
When I compile this with latex and then use dvipdfm, the output file is 7893 ...
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What to download, proTeXt or MiKTeX?
What exactly is included in the proTeXt's 1.1GB package and why would you rather download that compared to just downloading the humble 170MB MiKTeX basic install?
Also, why is proTeXt's file size so ...
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How to include PDF as graphics and as attachment without using extra file space [duplicate]
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Attach displayed image to the PDF without storing it twice
Is it at all possible to include a PDF as a graphic in the document and also as an internal attachment to the ...
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pgfplots and final size of the externalized pdf image
I have the following piece of code:
% command: pdflatex --jobname=try-f1 try.tex
\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\usepackage{tikz,pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=newest}
\pgfrealjobname{try}
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PDF printer decreases filesize of pdflatex output considerably. Why?
This is probably not exactly a TeX question, but I assume many people concerned with TeX might also have ideas about this issue.
If I compile the following "minimum" example with pdflatex on Windows, ...
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How to make the PDFs produced by `pdflatex` smaller?
I feel that the PDFs produced by pdflatex are too huge. So for example my 50 page book with no illustrations is 500KB. I feel it should be more like 50K or even less. The .tex files together are just ...
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pdftex reduce PDF size: reduce image quality? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to make the PDFs produced by pdflatex smaller?
I wrote my thesis in LaTeX and so far I always compiled with pdflatex. The thesis is 150 pages with many pictures and ...
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File size difference between XeLaTeX and pdfLaTeX
When working with MacTeX 2010, I noticed that XeLaTeX generates files considerably smaller than pdfLaTeX on the same input.
Even with the small example
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\begin{document}
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Why is the MacTeX distribution so large? Is there anything smaller for OS X?
I would like to know how to install LaTeX on Mac 10.6 or higher.
But the MacTeX is some 1.28 GB file! Is there a smaller distribution I could install?
What exactly is TeX Live?
