Operation Manual

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Editing PDFs
Last updated 4/7/2015
Discard Embedded Print Settings Removes embedded print settings, such as page scaling and duplex mode, from the
document.
Discard Embedded Search Index Removes embedded search indexes, which reduces the file size.
Discard Bookmarks Removes all bookmarks from the document.
Discard User Data panel
Use the Discard User Data panel to remove any personal information that you don’t want to distribute or share with
others. If you’re unable to find personal information, it may be hidden. You can locate hidden text and user-related
information by using the Examine Documentcommand (To o l s > Redact > Remove Hidden Information).
Discard All Comments, Forms And Multimedia
Removes all comments, forms, form fields, and multimedia from the PDF.
Discard Document Information And Metadata
Removes information in the document information dictionary and all metadata streams. (Use the Save As command
to restore metadata streams to a copy of the PDF.)
Discard All Object Data
Removes all objects from the PDF.
Discard File Attachments
Removes all file attachments, including attachments added to the PDF as comments. (PDF Optimizer doesn’t optimize
attached files.)
Discard External Cross References
Removes links to other documents. Links that jump to other locations within the PDF are not removed.
Discard Private Data Of Other Applications
Strips information from a PDF document that is useful only to the application that created the document. This does
not affect the functionality of the PDF, but it does decrease the file size.
Discard Hidden Layer Content And Flatten Visible Layers
Decreases file size. The optimized document looks like the original PDF but doesn’t contain any layer information.