How to make a PDF smaller so it can be emailed

Most email services stop attachments above about 20 MB, and many forms accept much less. The Compress PDF tool saves the file again and makes the pictures inside smaller.

Steps

1. Open the Compress PDF tool and add your PDF.
2. Press the compress button.
3. Compare the new size with the old size.
4. Download the result and open it to check that the pages still look good.
5. If it is still too big, try Compress PDF to a size and type the number you need.

Open the tool: Compress PDF

Good to know

• PDFs with many photos or scans shrink the most.
• A PDF that is only text is already small and may change very little. This is normal.
• Always keep the original file in case the quality is not good enough.
• Splitting a big PDF into two parts is another way to send it.