You might look into getting Adobe Pro. They have a new cloud based license / application protocol that is much more affordable, and you likely have access to that option through your institution.
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From: Visually Impaired Computer Users' Group List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Ana G
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2014 1:52 PM
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Subject: [VICUG-L] working with Very Large PDFs
Hi all,
I have a very large pdf (175 MB), which is watermarked. It's a textbook I got from a publisher. The problem is that the file is so large I can't really work with it.
does anyone know how to convert large pdfs to other formats?
I've tried opening it in Adobe Reader, but the free version only opens files that are 100 mb or less. I would be satisfied with reading it in chunks, but Adobe is slow and behaves strangely, so it's not a workable solution for reading the textbook and coming back to it. The same thing happens when I open it in word 2013. And when I try saving the file in another format, either the program crashes or only saves the table of contents.
I've tried opening the document and breaking it up into smaller chunks, but that hasn't worked. I''ve even tried opening it in Open book, but it crashes after a while.
Adobe Digital Editions seems to read it, but I'm having trouble navigating to my page, etc., so if anyone can give me tips on how to use ADE, my problem may be solved.
I've read that you can upload large pdfs to Google Docs and save them as doc or rtf files, but the steps don't quite match what I'm finding, so I don't know if the instructions are older or if I'm missing something obvious.
I really want to read this file. It's the textbook I'll be teaching, and it's 900 pages long, so scanning it will be a major chore.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Ciao
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