diff --git a/tutorial/compress_pdf.org b/tutorial/compress_pdf.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cd8215a --- /dev/null +++ b/tutorial/compress_pdf.org @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +#+options: toc:nil num:nil + +* How to reduce the size of a pdf file + +** Use libreoffice + +Open the file with libreoffice. Then export it as pdf with low resolution to reduce +the file size. + +** Use ghostscript + +You can use the command ~gs~ to call ghostscript. ghostscript is a PostScript, and PDF language interpreter and previewer. + +Let's try to reduce the size of the "cvjb.pdf" and then write it as "output.pdf" + + +#+begin_example sh + gs -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -dCompatibilityLevel=1.4 -dPDFSETTINGS=/screen -dNOPAUSE -dQUIET -dBATCH -sOutputFile=output.pdf cvjb.pdf +#+end_example + +** References + +Check the manual: + +#+begin_example sh + man gs +#+end_example