PDF Compress for Windows

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Editors’ Review

Download.com staffMay 1, 2013

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.

PDF Compress for Windows

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Full Specifications

GENERAL

Release: May 2, 2013

Latest update: May 1, 2013

Version: 3.02

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Platform: Windows

Operating System

Windows XP
Windows 8
Windows Server
Windows NT
Windows Vista
Windows 98
Windows ME
Windows 95
Windows 2000
Windows 2003
Windows 7
Windows 10

Additional Requirements: None

POPULARITY

Total Downloads: 40,837

Downloads Last Week: 12

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User Reviews

1.7/5

9 User Votes

wast of time
stevemj3dguyAugust 4, 2009
Pros
none can be discovered
Cons
waste of time
Summary
original PDF 29105961 NEW Compressed file 29106985 "Its bigger "
Doesn't really compress
May 4, 2009
Pros
None - this has not worked for me
Cons
It made my file bigger than the original...
Summary
Stupid software.
khalloodaaFebruary 16, 2009
Pros
Nothing, if I canrate it at zero, I were do it.
Cons
It increases the PDF size instead of decrease it.
Summary
It works for me
eazee2enveeApril 16, 2008
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
Summary
Great at anti-compression
frnxueshengApril 5, 2008
Pros
It's free.
Cons
This program does the opposite of its advertised purpose. <p>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.<p>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.
Summary
Worst Compression Program Ever
netsecurApril 11, 2006
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
Summary
It makes your PDF files larger!!
Björn LundahlJanuary 18, 2006
Pros
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
Summary
Not really worth it
MesCommentairesSeptember 2, 2005
Pros
Cons
Summary
This review was originally posted on VersionTracker.com.<br />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
yummy111July 28, 2005
Pros
none
Cons
it actually increases the size of your pdf rather than reducing it!Dont waste your time downloading it.
Summary

Developer’s Description

Compress PDF files to make them as compact as possible.

PDF Compress reduce the actual size of PDF files by compressing font, text and graphics. Compressed PDF files can be opened and viewed by Adobe Acrobat Reader all versions without any issue.