File size increasing

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Surajit

I’m encountering a strange (so far I’m thinking) problem. This is not related
to any computer problem. But out of curiosity I’m asking this question to
you.

I’ve downloaded a pdf file from internet (the size of the file was 58.1 MB
and total number of pages was 1050) which I wanted to sent to my friend via e
mail. But due to the large size I deleted about 700 unwanted pages from the
original file and saved it. But most interestingly what I found is that the
file size becomes even larger. I then keep on deleting pages more and more
and finally kept just a single page (i.e 1 page out of 1050 pages). The final
file size becomes now 58.7 MB. But by extracting certain pages from the
original file and saving as a new file, I can make the new file size smaller
and able to send by email. My question is, why the file size increasing even
after I deleted almost all the pages (1049 pages out of 1050 pages). I am
using Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional.

Note: This is happening in downloaded pdf files only and not in those files
which I myself creat from any word or excel document.
 
Surajit said:
I'm encountering a strange (so far I'm thinking) problem. This is not
related
to any computer problem. But out of curiosity I'm asking this question to
you.

I've downloaded a pdf file from internet (the size of the file was 58.1 MB
and total number of pages was 1050) which I wanted to sent to my friend
via e
mail. But due to the large size I deleted about 700 unwanted pages from
the
original file and saved it. But most interestingly what I found is that
the
file size becomes even larger. I then keep on deleting pages more and more
and finally kept just a single page (i.e 1 page out of 1050 pages). The
final
file size becomes now 58.7 MB. But by extracting certain pages from the
original file and saving as a new file, I can make the new file size
smaller
and able to send by email. My question is, why the file size increasing
even
after I deleted almost all the pages (1049 pages out of 1050 pages). I am
using Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional.

Note: This is happening in downloaded pdf files only and not in those
files
which I myself creat from any word or excel document.
Click to expand...

This sounds like an Acrobat problem, not a Windows XP problem. I recommend
you check the Acrobat FAQs and/or repost in an Acrobat newsgroup.
 
Surajit said:
I’m encountering a strange (so far I’m thinking) problem. This is not related
to any computer problem. But out of curiosity I’m asking this question to
you.

I’ve downloaded a pdf file from internet (the size of the file was 58.1 MB
and total number of pages was 1050) which I wanted to sent to my friend via e
mail. But due to the large size I deleted about 700 unwanted pages from the
original file and saved it. But most interestingly what I found is that the
file size becomes even larger. I then keep on deleting pages more and more
and finally kept just a single page (i.e 1 page out of 1050 pages). The final
file size becomes now 58.7 MB. But by extracting certain pages from the
original file and saving as a new file, I can make the new file size smaller
and able to send by email. My question is, why the file size increasing even
after I deleted almost all the pages (1049 pages out of 1050 pages). I am
using Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional.

Note: This is happening in downloaded pdf files only and not in those files
which I myself creat from any word or excel document.
Click to expand...

I can't help with the inflatable PDF problem, but would like to suggest
that, instead of trying to make the PDF smaller by removing pages, you
split it into smaller pieces that you can then send individually.
There are several free ones available - Googleing 'file splitter' will
find them.
Note that the recipient will also need the same program to join the
pieces together again, so you have to send that too.
The one I've used successfully came from
http://www.download3k.com/Install-free-File-Splitter.html
 
Surajit said:
I’ve downloaded a pdf file from internet (the size of the file was 58.1 MB
and total number of pages was 1050) which I wanted to sent to my friend via e
mail. But due to the large size I deleted about 700 unwanted pages from the
original file and saved it. But most interestingly what I found is that the
file size becomes even larger. I then keep on deleting pages more and more
and finally kept just a single page (i.e 1 page out of 1050 pages). The final
file size becomes now 58.7 MB. But by extracting certain pages from the
original file and saving as a new file, I can make the new file size smaller
and able to send by email. My question is, why the file size increasing even
after I deleted almost all the pages (1049 pages out of 1050 pages). I am
using Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional.
Click to expand...

It's an Acrobat thing, I guess. We use Acrobat for various things
here, especially some interactive forms that allow data submission to
our web sites. We've found several seemingly innocuous things that
make the file huger for no apparent reason.
 
Surajit said:
I'm encountering a strange (so far I'm thinking) problem. This is not
related to any computer problem. But out of curiosity I'm asking this
question to you.

I've downloaded a pdf file from internet (the size of the file was
58.1 MB and total number of pages was 1050) which I wanted to sent to
my friend via e mail. But due to the large size I deleted about 700
unwanted pages from the original file and saved it. But most
interestingly what I found is that the file size becomes even larger.
I then keep on deleting pages more and more and finally kept just a
single page (i.e 1 page out of 1050 pages). The final file size
becomes now 58.7 MB. But by extracting certain pages from the
original file and saving as a new file, I can make the new file size
smaller and able to send by email. My question is, why the file size
increasing even after I deleted almost all the pages (1049 pages out
of 1050 pages). I am using Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional.

Note: This is happening in downloaded pdf files only and not in those
files which I myself creat from any word or excel document.
Click to expand...

I believe Acrobat doesn't really delete anything but instead simply notes
that the information has been "deleted" by somebody. This enables the author
to "undelete" the material and restore the document to its original form. If
this is the case, the notes about what was "deleted" take up space and
that's why your file grows.

There have been (hilarious) cases where some document has been redacted by
placing black bars over the sensitive material. The recipient of the
censored file then only has to undelete the black bars and, presto/chango,
the hidden material is revealed.

Same idea.

I believe Word works the same way.
 
Surajit said:
I'm encountering a strange (so far I'm thinking) problem. This is not
related to any computer problem. But out of curiosity I'm asking this
question to you.

I've downloaded a pdf file from internet (the size of the file was
58.1 MB and total number of pages was 1050) which I wanted to sent to
my friend via e mail. But due to the large size I deleted about 700
unwanted pages from the original file and saved it. But most
interestingly what I found is that the file size becomes even larger.
I then keep on deleting pages more and more and finally kept just a
single page (i.e 1 page out of 1050 pages). The final file size
becomes now 58.7 MB. But by extracting certain pages from the
original file and saving as a new file, I can make the new file size
smaller and able to send by email. My question is, why the file size
increasing even after I deleted almost all the pages (1049 pages out
of 1050 pages). I am using Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional.

Note: This is happening in downloaded pdf files only and not in those
files which I myself creat from any word or excel document.
Click to expand...

The pages aren't actually being deleted; they are still in the file,
just not shown and marked for deletion but not deleted. You need to
find what actually removes the data from the file for the final save.
It's akin to compacting a database. You've probably allowed it to keep
track of changes you made for collaborations.

But wouldn't it be better to save it into several smaller files that
could be reassembled at the other end?

HTH,

Twayne`
 
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