Fix PDF must be under 2 MB

Use this when an upload page says a PDF must be under 2 MB. Open the no-upload PDF compressor with the 2MB target selected, then review the smaller copy before submitting it.

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Intent

PDF must be under 2MB, compress PDF to 2MB, upload limit error

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Use the 2MB PDF target

Open the PDF compressor with the 2MB target already selected. This is useful for proposal, portfolio, school, support, and admin portals that reject larger PDFs.

Keep readable detail

A 2MB target usually preserves more detail than 500KB or 1MB, but scanned files and image-heavy PDFs can still flatten text and links.

If it still fails

Split long PDFs, compress source photos, or convert oversized pages to images before rebuilding the final upload file.

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Common match

PDF under 1MB

Starts the compressor with the 1MB target already selected.

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