CNET Editors' review
This program is designed to compress your large PDF files, but it is unable to deliver its promise. PDF Compress offers a straight-ahead interface with a few standard buttons and input boxes that allow you to select files and modify its information. After selecting the PDF file you want to compress, you can easily view the properties--such as the author, PDF version used, and the last modification date--without doing a thing. In our tests, it didn't perform well and wasn't able to reduce the size of our test documents as we expected. The publisher's description doesn't explicitly tell the compression rate and the algorithm it uses, making it hard for us to vouch for its effectiveness. We even can't restore the compressed PDF files to their original sizes due to lack of a decompression feature. With the flaws mentioned (and despite its freeware status), PDF Compress isn't a good choice for PDF file size reduction.
Publisher's Description
From BureauSoft:
Reduce the actual size of Adobe PDF files by compressing font, text and graphics. Compressed PDF files can be opened and viewed by almost all versions of Adobe Acrobat Reader without any issue. The compression ratio is outstanding for most PDF files, however some PDF files are already compressed and they cannot be compressed any further. Supported PDF Versions: PDF version 1.0 (Adobe Acrobat 1.x) PDF version 1.1 (Adobe Acrobat 2.x) PDF version 1.2 (Adobe Acrobat 3.x) PDF version 1.3 (Adobe Acrobat 4.x) PDF version 1.4 (Adobe Acrobat 5.x) PDF version 1.5 (Adobe Acrobat 6.x) PDF version 1.6 (Adobe Acrobat 7.x) PDF version 1.7 (Adobe Acrobat 8.x, 9.x, ISO 32000)
What's new in this version: Version 2.02 adds support for Windows 7 32-bit and 64-bit.
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"wast of time"
Version: PDF Compress 1
Pros
none can be discovered
Cons
waste of time
Summary
original PDF 29105961
NEW Compressed file 29106985 "Its bigger " -
"Doesn't really compress"
Version: PDF Compress 1
Pros
None - this has not worked for me
Cons
It made my file bigger than the original...
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"Stupid software."
Version: PDF Compress 1
Pros
Nothing, if I canrate it at zero, I were do it.
Cons
It increases the PDF size instead of decrease it.
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"It works for me"
Version: PDF Compress 1
Pros
I like that it�s basically self explanitory and not that hard to figure out.
Cons
When you have a bunch of scanned documents in on PDF file it doesn�t really compress a lot even if you put maximum. But it�s ok i guess
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"Great at anti-compression"
Version: PDF Compress 1
Pros
It's free.
Cons
This program does the opposite of its advertised purpose.
I was running a comparison with another free pdf compressor on download.com to see which of the two were better at compressing pdfs created which contained: only OCR text (113 pages - 698 KB), OCR text and pictures (36 pages - 3,380 KB), and just scanned pictures (66 pages - 64,064 KB). In every instance, this program increased the file size when compared to the original. The OCR text became 710 KB; the OCR text and pictures became 3,384 KB; and just scanned pictures became 64,073 KB.
Granted, the increases are not that much, but it's still an increase and opposite of what should have happened. The program really deserves 0 out of 5 stars.
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"Worst Compression Program Ever"
Version: PDF Compress 1
Pros
Its a quick download
Cons
I had a 23 meg PDF file I wanted to compress. Followed the easy to use options within the program and pressed "Compress" a blank PDF file of 840 bytes was created. Uninstalled and reinstalled and still same problem. Worst program ever. Don't download this program
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"It makes your PDF files larger!!"
Version: PDF Compress 1
Cons
Actually, I tested to compress several PDF files, large and small, and I found that this software is good in making your PDF files larger and not smaller!! Bjorn Lundahl, Gothenburg, Sweden
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"Not really worth it"
Version: PDF Compress 1.00
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.
My 19MB pdf file was not compressed at all. Another 500KB file with a couple pictures was compressed about 10%. It's not doing the job I was expecting. -
"useless software"
Version: PDF Compress 1
Pros
none
Cons
it actually increases the size of your pdf rather than reducing it!Dont waste your time downloading it.
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