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Edge pdf text addition = massive file size increase
As of today, when I add just a small amount of text (20-30 characters) to a pdf and save, the file size increases from 66KB to 55,000KB ... never happened before. I've reported to Microsoft but they ...
Following this thread & bumping as I have encountered the same issue and want to see Microsoft acknowledge it, some further information that might help.
- Added drawn elements do not increase the file-size exponentially.
- Text elements cause the increase, with the addition of a single text element ballooning the size from a couple hundred KB to tens of thousands of KB.
- Saving the file as a new file following any edits makes no difference.
- Printing the PDF file (Using Microsoft print to PDF) takes significant time for the preview to render & appear but once printed the file-size is not as massive, though still larger than what would it would typically be from minor text edits (a few thousand KB instead of several tens of thousands).
- Editing the document within Chrome browser & Acrobat reader did not produce the same results, works fine outside of Edge.
For comparison, I made the exact same edits within Acrobat as with Edge, original File-Size of 600KB. Edge saved to a size of 55,640KB. Print to PDF (via Edge edits) saved to file-size of 2,600KB. Acrobat saved to a size of 680KB.
Stop vibe-coding updates, Microsoft.