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Compress PDF without uploading

Reduce a PDF file size locally by rebuilding selected pages as a smaller image-based PDF.

PDF compression has strong urgent intent because users often arrive after an upload form rejects a file. The local image-based workflow is best for scanned or photo-heavy PDFs and may flatten selectable text.

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