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Free PDF Compressor User Reviews
Excellent
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"Didnt work"
Version: Free PDF Compressor 1.12
Cons
It reduced my files alright, which it accomplished by deleting all the pages.
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"not work at all"
Version: Free PDF Compressor 1.12
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"Worked great for me"
Version: Free PDF Compressor 1.12
Pros
Had a document that bloated to 2.0Mb after several minor edits in Acrobat 5.0, but this shrunk it nicely to 179KB.
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"Awesome, really fast and easy when I needed a quick solution."
Version: Free PDF Compressor 1.12
Pros
Ease of use, was quick and did what it said it would do. Great product.
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"Not very impressed"
Version: Free PDF Compressor 1.12
Pros
Compressed but not dramatically.
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"Did the job perfectly"
Version: Free PDF Compressor 1.12
Pros
It compressed a 10Mb file down to 2.7mb in a matter of seconds. (I don't really know what the other reviews are all about.)
Simple to use and good results.
Cons
None
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"Dude - Way Cool!"
Version: Free PDF Compressor 1.12
Pros
For what I needed it for - this was PERFECT! I dob't know whats up with the other's reviews, but for what I needed to get done, this worked great!
I tried a few others, but I wasnt pleased with the format. I like this one much better.
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"Don't Bother with This one"
Version: Free PDF Compressor 1.12
Pros
I didn't really like anything about this program
Cons
It shrunk my pdf file from 9.13 mb to 9.11 mb Pointless
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"Not Bad; Not Recommended"
Version: Free PDF Compressor 1.12
Pros
Note: this is a review of the freeware program PDFCompressor 1.12 created by NicePDF. It is not a review of the $350 program named PDFCompressor 2.0 by CVision.
PDFCompressor did indeed shrink my 642MB file down to a size of 585MB, for a savings of about 9%. It may produce different results on a different kind of file; this particular file consisted of about 90 image-scanned sheets. To achieve its compression, it worked very slowly, processing an estimated 80-90MB per hour, or about 1.5MB/minute. I say "estimated" because I had to let it work overnight, and I noticed its progress when I got up once during the night. I *had* to let it work overnight because it almost completely took over my 2.4GHz Pentium 4 machine: my other programs worked slowly while PDFCompressor was working, and while it was running, I experienced significant delays when I tried to switch between programs.
Cons
When it was done, it did indeed produce, as I say, a shrunk file, and it was a shrunk file that Adobe Acrobat 6.0 was able to read. But when I edited and then saved that file, it took about an hour to save. (Saving did not increase the file size; it stayed at 585MB.) I am reluctant to do any more work on that file and save it again, however, for fear that it will again take a long time to save. I haven't noticed any deterioration of quality in the saved file - though, as I say, it is just sheets of plain text that have been image-scanned. I just don't want to find, later, that there are problems I didn't anticipate. This PDF is an important one, so I'll just stick with non-compressed Acrobat PDF output.
I want to mention, incidentally, that I had some really funky system problems about the time I was using this program. I don't *think* they came from this program. I mention them only because they were unusual, as was the way in which my computer changed to a slug when I was running this program.
I give the program 3 stars because it did compress the PDF by a relatively small percentage, which is what it was advertised to do, but it did so in such a way as to cause significant delays and leave me with a nervous feeling, such that I ultimately decided not to use it. But I want to emphasize that it did work, and there may yet be a time when I decide that I need it after all.
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