PDF is too big!

My clients insist it is on their site, but it freezes...

[numediagirl]

All browsers seem to either take forever to load it or freezes it the file is 1.5 MB and I need it to be accessible to their webbased clientelle please help me :) thanx

[Visit Thailand]

What reasons have they given for wanting .pdf?

Our company refuses to open any .pdf attachments and I am sure we are not the only ones.

[keyplyr]

So what's preventing you from breaking it up into smaller files?

[bcc1234]

Our company refuses to open any .pdf attachments and I am sure we are not the only ones.

Why?
I understand people who do not want to open word files, but why not open pdf?

[Mardi_Gras]

1.5 mb is pretty large for a web-optimized PDF - can the file be made smaller? Or, if it is a really long document, can you do as another poster suggested and break it up into smaller segments?

To respond to a side comment, PDF is a useful document storage format and widely used on the web - not sure why any company would ban employees from opening them. That certainly would not stop me from keeping files in PDF wherever it was the appropriate format.

[aspdaddy]

I think 1.5Mg is way too large, have you used distiller?

This post has some good tips, I managed 33Meg to 180K!
[webmasterworld.com...]

[g1smd]

Why do you ban PDF files? They aren't malicious in any way.

I am extremely wary about opening any proprietory Microsoft format, but wouldn't think twice about PDF files.

[Oaf357]

Split it up into two or three smaller files and have the one large file still available for those who want it.

Either that or you can compress the file and serve it out as a download.

1.5 MB is a tad large for a web PDF file.

[mossimo]

Hay numediagirl,
I just finished conversion of about a hundred PDF files may with over 200 pages and some graphics. What do your files contain? Text, pictures, diagrams how many pages?
PDF files can be made very very small if done correctly.
what software are you using and are they being converted from an other format.
mossimo

[davis]

Does anyone right-click to download PDFs, or do we all just launch them in the browser window nowadays?

[g1smd]

Right Click, and Save As. I prefer to read it offline as a document, not browse it as if it were a web page.

[Oaf357]

I most definitely right-click.