Difference in PDF export through...

Hello All,



I am facing a unique problem. I have a document in InDesign. When Export the PDF through InDesign Application using PDF Preset the PDF size is around 15.7 MB



If I use the Same Preset in Adobe Distiller, Export the Document as EPS (Size 51 MB) the PDF is exported with Size 1.3 MB.



Why is there so much of Difference in Adobe Distiller and InDesign using same preset. Or Am I doing some thing wrong.



Thanks in Advance for all the help.



Regards

Farzana.
Difference in PDF export through...
You don't mention a version, but there was an issue with, if I remember correctly, files exported from CS being bloated. It might even have carried into CS2.



That said, there are also significant differences in exported vs distilled PDFs, with exported files able to maintain interactivity and live transparency, as well as tagging for enhanced access. I'm not sure that distilled PDF can store information like swatches, styles or color profile, either. Distilled PDF doesn't automatically embed the fonts, either.



That large a difference, though, may also reflect extra, useless, information stored in the ID file. Before exporting the PDF you should delete all unused styles and swatches, and do a ''save as'' to remove the ''undo'' information.



Peter
Difference in PDF export through...
Hi Peter,



Thank you so much for the quick response.

I am using InDesign CS3 and Distiller also of the same version on Mac.



One more question if We export the EPS it might be carrying the unused styles and swatches etc. So if we pass the EPS through Distiller it might be using the same information to generate the PDF. Or does the Distiller strip off these information from EPS while generating.



Once again thanks for your reply.



Regards

Farzana.

I don't know a lot about eps, but I don't think it can carry styles, and it doesn't support transparency, for sure.



I've never worried too much about the file size, myself, but I don't post a lot of stuff on the web.