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Gatto
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eps images and file dimensions

Post by Gatto »

Hi guys,

I'm in front of a big problem using TeXnicCenter 2.0 and win 7. In three weeks I have to submit my thesis and I discovered that the biggest file accepted by the on-line storage of the uni is about 100 Mb. In my thesis there are a lot of images that at the moment are in .eps format and this means that the pdf file at the end is really huge (500 Mb). Since I have already written the 80% of the thesis I would like to know if there is a way to make the document lighter for example automatically changing the format of the pictures in pdf .......


I will appreciate your help!!!

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Johannes_B
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eps images and file dimensions

Post by Johannes_B »

You can do that using epstopdf using a --shell-escape.

As far as i know, pictures are included as they are, means scaled down to the required size (\textwidth?), even though the image is 3 feet in width.

Maybe all your input files are really big, making the filesize of the resulting pdf huge, too.

Best regards
Johannes

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