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This repository contains example to optimize PDF document using C#.
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This repository contains example to optimize PDF document using C#.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/syncfusionexamples/compress-pdf-c-sharp
- Owner: SyncfusionExamples
- Created: 2023-04-11T05:31:50.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2024-12-02T12:19:24.000Z (about 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-12-02T13:28:17.319Z (about 1 year ago)
- Language: C#
- Size: 1.37 MB
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- Watchers: 6
- Forks: 2
- Open Issues: 1
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# 7 ways to compress PDF files using C#
The [Syncfusion® .NET PDF library](https://www.syncfusion.com/products/file-formats/pdf/) that can be used to optimize or compress your PDF documents and which supports the following optimizations:
* Shrinking all images
* Optimizing fonts
* Removing metadata
* Optimizing page content
* Disabling incremental updates
* Removing or flattening form fields
* Removing or flattening annotations
This repository contains the example optimize PDF document with multiple ways.
Sample name | Description
--- | ---
[Compress PDF](https://github.com/SyncfusionExamples/compress-pdf-c-sharp/tree/master/Compress_PDF_WF) | Demonstrates the optimization of an existing PDF document based on image quality, page content, metadata, annotation, form fields, incremental update and font to reduce the file size of the PDF document.
## Reducing PDF file size by shrinking all images
Downsampling the images will decrease the number of pixels and is possibly the most effective way to reduce PDF file size. The user can control the PDF file size with respect to the quality of the image.
```csharp
//Create a new compression option object.
PdfCompressionOptions options = new PdfCompressionOptions();
options.CompressImages = true;
//Image quality is a percentage.
options.ImageQuality = 10;
```
## Reducing PDF file size by optimizing fonts
Remove the unused glyphs and unwanted font tables from the embedded fonts in a PDF document to make it smaller.
```csharp
PdfCompressionOptions options = new PdfCompressionOptions();
options.OptimizeFont = true;
```
## Reducing PDF file size by removing metadata
Optimizing the page contents will remove unwanted commented lines, white spaces, convert end-of-line characters to spaces and compress all uncompressed contents.
```csharp
PdfCompressionOptions options = new PdfCompressionOptions();
options.RemoveMetadata = true;
```
## Reducing PDF file size by optimizing page contents
Optimizing the page contents will remove unwanted commented lines, white spaces, convert end-of-line characters to spaces and compress all uncompressed contents.
```csharp
PdfCompressionOptions options = new PdfCompressionOptions();
options.OptimizePageContents = true;
```
## Reducing PDF file size by disabling incremental updates
Disabling the incremental update will rewrite the entire file, which results in a smaller PDF.
```csharp
//Load the existing PDF document.
PdfLoadedDocument loadedDocument = new PdfLoadedDocument(@"input.pdf");
//Restructure the complete document.
loadedDocument.FileStructure.IncrementalUpdate = false;
```
## Reducing PDF file size by removing form fields
Removing or flattening form fields can help reduce your file size. When form fields and their values are not necessary, they can be removed. When they are necessary but require no further editing, they can be flattened. Both of these actions will result in a reduced file size.
```csharp
public void RemoveFormFields(PdfLoadedDocument ldoc, bool flatten)
{
if (flatten)
{
ldoc.Form.Flatten = true;
}
else
{
int count = ldoc.Form.Fields.Count;
for (int i = count - 1; i >= 0; i--)
{
ldoc.Form.Fields.RemoveAt(i);
}
}
}
```
## Reducing PDF file size by removing annotations
Removing or flattening annotations can help reduce your file size.
```csharp
public void RemoveAnnotations(PdfLoadedDocument ldoc, bool flatten)
{
foreach(PdfPageBase page in ldoc.Pages)
{
if (flatten)
{
page.Annotations.Flatten = true;
}
else
{
int count = page.Annotations.Count;
for (int i = count - 1;i >= 0; i--)
{
page.Annotations.RemoveAt(i);
}
}
}
}
```
# How to run the examples
* Download this project to a location in your disk.
* Open the solution file using Visual Studio.
* Rebuild the solution to install the required NuGet package.
* Run the application.
# Resources
* **Product page:** [Syncfusion® PDF Framework](https://www.syncfusion.com/document-processing/pdf-framework/net)
* **Documentation page:** [Syncfusion® .NET PDF library](https://help.syncfusion.com/file-formats/pdf/overview)
* **Online demo:** [Syncfusion® .NET PDF library - Online demos](https://ej2.syncfusion.com/aspnetcore/PDF/CompressExistingPDF#/bootstrap5)
* **Blog:** [Syncfusion® .NET PDF library - Blog](https://www.syncfusion.com/blogs/category/pdf)
* **Knowledge Base:** [Syncfusion® .NET PDF library - Knowledge Base](https://www.syncfusion.com/kb/windowsforms/pdf)
* **EBooks:** [Syncfusion® .NET PDF library - EBooks](https://www.syncfusion.com/succinctly-free-ebooks)
* **FAQ:** [Syncfusion® .NET PDF library - FAQ](https://www.syncfusion.com/faq/)
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