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I thought it would be a good idea to keep a record of some useful things for Linux and OS X machines.
 
I thought it would be a good idea to keep a record of some useful things for Linux and OS X machines.
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== OS X ==
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* Getting small PDF files
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By default, OS X produces the largest PDF files I've every seen. There are all sorts of ways you can get around this, but the best I've come across is the following:
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(1) Select: file::print
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(2) From Copies & Pages select: ColorSync
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(3) From Quartz Filter select: Reduce File Size
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(4) From PDF select: Save as PDF
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This can reduce the size of the PDF by a factor of 10. Images are slightly reduced in quality, but not severely.
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Of course, LaTeX does the same without any trouble, so perhaps we should just use LaTeX!--[[User:am592|alston]] 15:21, 11 December 2007 (GMT)

Revision as of 15:21, 11 December 2007

I thought it would be a good idea to keep a record of some useful things for Linux and OS X machines.

OS X

  • Getting small PDF files

By default, OS X produces the largest PDF files I've every seen. There are all sorts of ways you can get around this, but the best I've come across is the following:

(1) Select: file::print (2) From Copies & Pages select: ColorSync (3) From Quartz Filter select: Reduce File Size (4) From PDF select: Save as PDF

This can reduce the size of the PDF by a factor of 10. Images are slightly reduced in quality, but not severely.

Of course, LaTeX does the same without any trouble, so perhaps we should just use LaTeX!--alston 15:21, 11 December 2007 (GMT)