File size of PDF'd Visio file & watermark
From: Beth Miksovic (bmik_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/04/04
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Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 07:40:59 -0800
Hi -
Any takers out there for my message? Would it help to
create 4 dotted lines and group them together to make a
box to do what I want it to do?
How about the watermark issue?
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi-
>
>Visio 2002 Pro, may be SP'd but I can't tell (controlled
>through corporate IT). Acrobat 5.0.5.
>
>I create business process flows using a standard
swimlane-
>type template. Each page in the flow can have 5-40
process
>boxes (with text) and associated connectors and other
>objects (files, reports).
>
>First question: Recently, on a page or two, I've added
>some transparent boxes that have dashed lines and a bit
of
>text. I use these to visually group a set of boxes
>together. Whenever I put these boxes on a page in the
>flow, the size of the Acrobat file increases
>exponentially. For instance, I have a 2-page flow
without
>the 'bounding boxes' that is 96k. I added two bounding
>boxes that take up about 2/3 of the page and now the
file
>size is 1.4 MB. Is there a way to duplicate the effect
I
>want without increasing the file size? I have added
>bounding boxes to other (longer) flows and also
>experienced file size increase. Oh, and when looking at
>the flow in the PDF it takes probably 30 seconds for the
>bounding boxes to slowly draw their way onto the page.
>
>Second question: On this same flow I wanted to add a
>watermark. So I created a huge 'draft' text box (120
>pt.), and made the font 90% transparent. I put this on
>the background page. The PDF file size increased to
2.7MB
>and the second page of the PDF was completely blank
(maybe
>it eventually would have drawn but I got tired of
>waiting). I could not print this PDF.
>
>Any suggestions on how to add a watermark effect that
>preserves file size?
>
>I have tried File > Properties > preview=none but that
>seems to affect the size of the Visio file, not the
>resultant PDF.
>
>Beth
>
>.
>
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