Optimizer Settings
Below is a list of each of the PDF optimizer settings and a description of their functions.
PDF Optimize Options:
Profile
Xodo PDF Studio comes with 3 default profiles for optimizing PDFs that generally cover most scenarios. Users can create custom Optimizer Profiles to fit their specific needs that can be saved and reused later without having to re-enter settings.
Defaults Profiles Included:
- Light - light compression maintaining higher quality images
- Balanced - compression suitable for most standard needs
- Aggressive - high compression while sacrificing image quality
Image Processing
Xodo PDF Studio can process images contained within the document using a variety of settings:
Image Compression |
Convert any image to either a JPEG, JPEG2000, FLATE, or JBIG2.
Note: Anytime a change is made to "Color Space" or "DPI" the image will have to be re-compressed. When the "No Change" option is selected, Xodo PDF Studio will attempt to keep the current image compression format. If it is not supported, Xodo PDF Studio will re-compress to the closest matching supported compression. |
Image Quality |
Allows the image quality to be adjusted between 10-100%.
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Image Color Space |
Choose to either retain or convert the image colors to Grayscale or B&W.
Note: When the "No Change" option is selected, Xodo PDF Studio will attempt to keep the current image color space. If it is not supported, Xodo PDF Studio will re-compress to the closest matching supported color space. When the retain option is selected JPEG images with CMYK color space will be converted to RGB due to a regression bug in JDK 1.7. |
DPI (Dots per Inch) Resolution |
Adjust the image resolution of all images that are larger than the option selected
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Optimize images only if there is a reduction in size - when set Xodo PDF Studio will compare the previous image size to the new image size and use the lower of the 2.
Object Removal
Xodo PDF Studio can remove the following objects from within a PDF:
Alternate Images |
Removes alternate embedded image dictionaries that are used for high resolution printing to reduce file size. Only visible images displayed on the PDF while viewing will be kept in the document. |
Bookmarks |
Removes all Bookmarks from the PDF document |
Invalid Bookmarks |
Removes any bookmarks containing errors or missing destinations |
Document Info |
Removes any document information located in the Document Properties that would include the following:
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JavaScript Actions |
This will remove all JavaScript actions from the PDF document but retain any objects that may have had JavaScript actions such as form fields, push buttons, etc... |
Embedded Thumbnails |
Removes page thumbnails that are stored in the PDF document. Once removed the page thumbnails will just be rendered each time the document is loaded. |
Unused Resources |
Removes resources that are located within the document but are never referenced by any objects in the PDF document. |
Document Tags |
Removes Document Tags found in the document |
Comments |
Removes all annotations and comments from the PDF document |
Links |
Removes all links from the PDF document |
Invalid Links |
Removes any Links containing errors or missing destinations |
Attachments |
Removes any attachments that are stored within the document |
Form Fields |
Removes all form fields that are on the PDF document |
Advanced Metadata |
Removes all additional or extra Metadata from the PDF Document |
Unembed Fonts |
Removes all font files embedded within the document. All text content will maintain a reference to the font name that will be up to the PDF application to find on the system or a suitable replacement. Note: If a font is not on the system, or a suitable substitute is not available, text could become unreadable |
Other Options
Xodo PDF Studio has the following additional options available to further compress the PDF document:
Flatten All Comments |
Flattens all annotations including text boxes, shapes, highlights, and stamps directly onto the document so that they can no longer be edited.
Note: The following annotations (file attachment annotations, links, sounds, and redaction annotations) will NOT be removed when flattening annotations. Even though technically file attachment annotations, links, sounds, and redaction annotations are annotations, they contain actions that would also be removed if the annotation was flattened and so they remain to not interfere with the functions placed in the PDF. |
Flatten All Fields |
Flattens all fields including text boxes, check boxes, radio buttons, combo boxes, list boxes, buttons, and signature fields directly onto the document so that they can no longer be edited. All values within the fields will be flattened as well |
Flatten All Layers |
Merges all of the currently visible layers onto the main page content. |
Merge Duplicate Images |
Merges any duplicate images within the PDF so that all objects are referencing the same image resource rather then multiple of the same resource |
Merge Duplicate Fonts |
Merges any duplicate fonts or font subsets within the PDF so that all objects are referencing the same font resource rather then multiple of the same resource |
Compress Streams |
Compresses any additional PDF elements within the document such as page descriptions that have not been optimized by any other process to further reduce file size |
Compress Document Objects |
This option will compress any other document objects that can be compressed into object streams. An object stream contains a sequence of PDF objects. The purpose of object streams is to allow a greater number of PDF objects to be compressed, thereby substantially reducing the size of PDF files. The objects in the stream are referred to as compressed objects. |
Clear Signatures |
Removes all signatures that are on the PDF Document but will leave the signature field |
Fast Web View
Convert to Fast Web View |
When checked, converts the document to Fast Web View. Converting to fast web view allows large documents to load faster when downloading from a web. Having the document structure and content in a linearized (from beginning to end) order allows a browser to immediately display the first page as the remainder of the document is still being loaded. |
Report
Generate Results Log |
When checked, outputs creates a text file logging the changes to the document in the same directory as the new optimized file. |