Re: PDF Compression

Hi,

AbiWord 2.6 and earlier use a separate library called "GNOME Print" to
generate PDF. There's no way to set the compression. The development
series, AbiWord 2.7, uses Cairo to generate PDF. Cairo generates
compressed PDF.

You have a few options:

* Generate PS instead, and then use ps2pdf on the command line
* Use another tool, like ghostscript's pdfopt, to compress the PDF
* If you like to live dangerously, check out AbiWord 2.7 from our
SubVersion repository

Best,
Dom

On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 2:13 AM, Charles Mulder <charles@stripe.co.za> wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I've switched to Linux about two years ago. Currently running Fedora 10.
> Started out using OpenOffice, but since then I've discovered AbiWord.
> What I love most about it, is the speed and stability.
>
> Regarding saving or printing as pdf from Abiword, is there some way to
> set the pdf compression? At the moment, an average 1 page pdf totals
> about 10mb.
>
> Thank you for your time. I look forward to your response.
>
> Kind regards
> Charles Mulder
> http://www.jackalandwolf.com
>
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