Hi Jay,

extending the question: How do you control picture compression; I cant even
get to tell me what format the pictures are in!!

I have a paper with lots of maths in it. Its 283K as a PDF file, but the
printer wants it as a Word file. Pictures at 300dpi turns it into 8.4MB.

I would like to see if its using bitmap images and it it is turn them into
somthing else.

"jay" wrote:

The answer may depend on the type of pictures and the intended purpose
of the document.
You may wish to conduct a few experiments, making sure to compare
actual doc sizes and actual output quality in the intended output
types.
IE: how does it print on whatever it will need to be printed on?
Does it still PDF ok, if that is needed?
Does the PDF view ok? does the PDF print ok? in B&W? in color?
etc..