How to Compress a PDF file

Do you want to compress your PDF file? There may be times when you want to send any PDF file through email, but it takes a lot of time to upload. So, in this kind of situation, what you need to do is to compress particular PDF file which helps you to attach your PDF file with your email easily. One significant advantage of compressing any file is that you’ll get the same quality of output with reduced size.

This process is also known as zipping of a PDF file. Just have a glance at this article to know how to compress a PDF file.

Steps to compress a PDF file:

Method 1 of 2

Step 1: First click on the below link to open online PDF compression tool.

www.smallpdf.com

Step 2: In the next step, you need to click on the “Drop PDF here” link,  as marked in the image below. This step is used to locate and select your Pdf file which you want to compress.

Step 3: You may see your PDF is getting upload. Uploading time of your PDF is depend on its size.

Step 4: Finally, you’ll see your PDF file is now being compressed as shown in the image below. In our case PDF file is compressed from 1.12MB to 682.19KB.
Step 5: Click on the “Save” button to save your compressed PDF file on your computer.

Method 2 of 2:

Step 1: First you need to click on the below link to open online conversion tool.

www.ilovepdf.com

Step 2: Now, click on the “Select PDF file” option, which is used to locate and select your PDF file. You can also use drag and drop option.

Step 3: In the next step you may see three options i.e. “Extreme Compression”, “Recommended Compression” and “Less Compression”.

Step 4: Now, you may see click on the “Download Compressed PDF” button.

Step 5: Finally, a new pop-up window may appear, click on the “Save File” button and then click on “OK” button as shown in the image below.

That’s all friends. Keep reading.