https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/pdf-export-increased-file-size/m-p/1027721#M37535 <P>Is the reason you can't edit the pdf afterwards because it is all or mostly rasterized?&nbsp; In your export layout settings do you have output as image checked?</P> Wed, 17 Feb 2021 18:03:27 GMT JohnSobetzer 2021-02-17T18:03:27Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/pdf-export-increased-file-size/m-p/1027665#M37527 <P>Hi all,</P><P>I am having a strange issue with the export PDF function, of ArcGIS Pro. I have been exporting PDF for many months (with the same settings). However, since a couple of weeks (2-3), files that were previously 1,000 KB (once exported) are now more than 25,000 KB!</P><P>I have been using the same Pro projects for months (same basemap, layout, overall same layers etc.) I created a new project/session from scratch, changed the export setting, tried with different basemap, etc; but the issue remains.&nbsp;</P><P>*NOTE 1 - I have the same problem with Pro 2.5, 2.6 or 2.7.</P><P>*NOTE 2 - I have two workaround at the moment : exporting to PDF and then optimizing the file to reduce the size (not ideal for basemap quality) OR using the printing to PDF function (but I can't edit the PDF afterward which I sometimes need to do).</P><P>Many thanks.</P> Wed, 17 Feb 2021 16:37:35 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/pdf-export-increased-file-size/m-p/1027665#M37527 Maryse 2021-02-17T16:37:35Z https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/pdf-export-increased-file-size/m-p/1027721#M37535 <P>Is the reason you can't edit the pdf afterwards because it is all or mostly rasterized?&nbsp; In your export layout settings do you have output as image checked?</P> Wed, 17 Feb 2021 18:03:27 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/arcgis-pro-questions/pdf-export-increased-file-size/m-p/1027721#M37535 JohnSobetzer 2021-02-17T18:03:27Z