# What is the best way to export a high resolution PDF document into a lower resolution without loosing a lot of visual data?

Sometimes I create content with high quality images, but the client needs the output in a more digestible file size (for email, website, etc...)

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- Posted at: almost 7 years ago
- Author title: Agency Owner | Strategic Branding & Storytelling | Digital Marketing 
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### Comment 1

Step
Click the "Start" button in Windows, and then click "Adobe Acrobat Professional" to open the Acrobat PDF editor.

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Click "Open" and then double-click on the PDF file that you want to convert to a lower resolution.

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Click "Advanced" on the navigation menu, and select the "PDF Optimizer" option.
How to Convert a PDF to a Low-Resolution PDF
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A portable document format, or PDF, file format allows you to share documents on computers running Windows, Macintosh or Linux operating systems. The content, layout, fonts and graphics in your PDF document will look similar when you view or print it in different systems. The compression and resolution adjustment of the images in PDF documents reduces the file size. By converting a PDF document to a lower resolution PDF file, you can significantly increase its display and transfer speed.

PDF format allows you to lower image resolution for faster document viewing.
Step
Click the "Start" button in Windows, and then click "Adobe Acrobat Professional" to open the Acrobat PDF editor.

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Click "Open" and then double-click on the PDF file that you want to convert to a lower resolution.

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Click "Advanced" on the navigation menu, and select the "PDF Optimizer" option.

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Choose "Images" in the "Preset Settings" section of the window.

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Enter "72" in the "Downsample" fields of the "Color Images" and the "Grayscale Images" setting boxes.

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Click "File" and choose "Save As" from the menu. Click "OK" to convert your PDF document to a lower resolution PDF file.

You can convert the PDF into a Word file. 

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- Posted at: over 6 years ago
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