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Yes! Optimize the images further, downsize if need be. If the nature of the images allows, convert to .gif.

Show me an image or two and I'll see what I can do with them.

I'm heading out in a few minutes to move furniture but will check in when I can. I'll PM you my e-mail.

Regards,
Laurie.

Not sure about PDF's, but a trick i taught myself for html might just work.

just use flash. OK, so your images might be static, but what does that matter?

And don't worry too much if you don't know flash, get your hands on BB Flashback. it can capture any part of your screen, record it and allow you to edit (up to a point) before exporting it to .swf

I use this method for cheating at making banners and other massive, animated images into smaller filesizes. I create an animation in Imageready, "Save for web", then capture the ubersized image as it plays. i can then delete frames to make it smoother before exporting to flash. Voila! a 5Mb animation down to 48k

One problem is that BB flashback is about $300, but it comes as a free download trial version, the $300 just removes the copyright notice on the export.

And I would NEVER suggest you try and crack it or find a seriel number to get it for free. Because that would be unethical to get a $300 software for nothing even if you're only going to be using it once a year because you must pay the money. Even if you don't want to.

i think that crack server dot com is a terrible site, full of cracks and serials that no one should ever use, especially for BB Flashback

This might all be academic, Im not sure you can even use flash in a pdf.

Also, instead of displaying it, zip it up and save your bandwidth.

When you optimise your images you can optimise for web, print, etc - same goes for PDF

I seem to remember that pdf defaults to optimise for print at 600DPI, this means that even if you optimise your images for web, the pdf maker interpolates them back up to a 600 dpi resolution

If you feel your PDF needs to be printed by the reader then the the document may have to match a print dpi, but there's probably not the need to go professional at 600dpi

If you're readers are only ever screen readers get the document down to 72dpi and you'll be fine

wow...many many thanks for all the replies! Even had a few people PM me asking to take a look...very appreciated folks!

I created the content and picked images, etc...had it packaged up by a friend who's into design so now i'm going to take all this info back to him to see what we can do

will come up with a report on how it went and what dis the trick...many thanks again!