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To ensure resources in your Learn.UQ course are easily accessible to students with low-bandwidth internet connections it is important that there file sizes are small. For more information refer to Understanding Download Speeds guide.

File sizes of resources can be reduced by optimising images they contain and by splitting the resources into multiple files. Dcouments can be used to link multiple files to your Learn.UQ course. (Refer to the Create a document guide).

  1. Reduce Word document file size
  2. Converting a Word document to a PDF file
  3. Reduce PDF file size
  1. Splitting a PDF document into multiple files
  2. Reduce PowerPoint file size
  3. Reduce an image file size

3. Reduce PDF file size

    Existing PDF file

    1. Open the PDF file using Adobe Acrobat Pro.

    ​Note:  You can install Adobe Acrobat Pro on any UQ-owned computer. (Refer to the Self-installing software on UQ owned computer ITS guide).

    1. Click on File.
    2. Select Save as Other from the drop-down list.
    3. Select Reduced Size PDF from the list.

    file option selected, save as other selected, reduced size pdf selected

    1. Click on the OK button.

    ok button selected

    1. Save the PDF.
    2. Upload the PDF file to your Learn.UQ (Blackboard) course site. (Refer to the Create a document guide). 

    Tip: The file size of PDFs can be further reduced by splitting the PDF into two or more parts before linking them to your Learn.UQ (Blackboard) course site.