Export PDF

[PaulineA]

I have a question regarding the export of PDFs. Is there a possibility to export a file very small without loosing the quality of the pictures? If I export my file normaly it is about 35 MB big but I need it in 5 MB. I allready tried to make all the pictures smaller but that only brought me to 14 MB. 

[joe_l]

7 minutes ago, PaulineA said:

Is there a possibility to export a file very small without loosing the quality of the pictures?

Not so easy. At some point the quality gets poorer naturally. And it depends what the purpose of your PDF is. Web? Non-professional print? If yes, lower the DPI to 144 dpi (or even 96 dpi), Colour space = RGB, do not embed the ICC profile, Subset fonts, Allow Advanced Features.

[PaulineA]

It is for a Job application. I would like to hand in my portfolio digitaly but the employer requests a 5 MB file. They would then look at the file digitaly.

[Pšenda]

2 hours ago, PaulineA said:

my portfolio

That means a few lines of text = almost no bytes, and a small ID photo = almost no bytes.
Do you save text as text - not rasterized? Is the inserted image too large (for the stated purposes)?