Remove alternate images

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Removes alternate images from a PDF.

If you are working with PDFs that contain very high resolution images and render slowly on screen, you can speed up rendering by adding alternate images and then clicking the PitStop Speed Up Image Display button (available in the Enfocus View Modes toolbar (Acrobat 8 and 9) or the PitStop View Panel (Acrobat X and XI)).

As these alternate images are not necessary for print, you may use this Action to remove them and only keep one version. You have three options:
  • Default for printing only preserves the images that are marked "default for printing" (recommended if you know that the alternate images have been correctly marked for printing)
  • Lowest resolution only preserves the version with the lowest resolution, regardless of the printing setting (best for print production)
  • Highest resolution only preserves the version with the highest resolution, regardless of the printing setting (best for on-screen viewing)

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