Reply To: Best Settings for Exporting a PDF for the Web

InDesign CS3. I have an EPS graphic on a master page of a 200 page document. The resulting PDF is very large. When the EPS is replaced with a raster version of the graphic, the resulting PDF is significantly smaller (7MB vs 22MB) I have been told that the PDF export option “Optimize for fast web view” replaces the master item on each page with a link to a single copy of the item (InDesign CS3, Kvern and Blatner, page 539). This is apparently not true. Is there any way to keep the EPS on the master page and still produce a relatively small PDF?

Thanks in advance, Gus