I create hundreds of PDF files with the same images and fonts. I there a way I can share these resources between all the files instead of having them embedded in each PDF? It sure would be a disk space saver.
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A:
No. PDFs are meant to be stand-alone files which fully encompass font information, vector graphics and whatnot in a single file. Sharing between files would break this. If you're looking to save space (and application requirements), you might consider generating the PDFs on the fly.
Travis Gockel
2010-01-19 19:05:31
Thanks for the answer. Makes perfect sense now that I think about it! These PDFs are delivered to a client either on CD or as a ZIP file download. Any other ideas?
DaveB
2010-01-19 19:40:17
Unfortunately, that's probably your best bet. Hopefully they compress well.
Travis Gockel
2010-01-19 20:28:12
A:
You can embed external links for things like files if you just want to share linked files.
mark stephens
2010-01-20 08:30:04