Robert M. Franz (RMF) wrote:
anon k wrote:

I've had no problem at all from Distiller when making pdfs from Word,
including extensive graphics and footnotes. The pdfs are
unnecessarily large, however, especially when graphics are involved.


Then change Distiller's joboptions.

My experience is that Ghostscript tends to produce more compact pdf
files, even for text-only documents. Fiddling with Distiller's
joboptions doesn't seem to bring the bulk down to the same level.