Bug 506709

Summary: PDF compressing built in
Product: [Applications] okular Reporter: ps <ps>
Component: generalAssignee: Okular developers <okular-devel>
Status: REPORTED ---    
Severity: wishlist    
Priority: NOR    
Version First Reported In: 25.04.2   
Target Milestone: ---   
Platform: Flatpak   
OS: Linux   
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Description ps@chiltern.org.uk 2025-07-07 09:53:08 UTC 
Feature Request

SUMMARY
Currently it would seem that if you want to reduce file size of a pdf (E.g. a scanned 2 page form which you've then annotated and is now 12MB for some reason - It was 512KB when scanned), you have to resort to the command line... or a separate piece of software not available as a flatpak supporting Wayland)...  It would be much neater for such functionality to be built into document viewer/editor. 

Note: I'm referring to flattering layers and compressing embedded images not just data compression of pdf file. 

Potential bug: Is it a bug that a 2 page PDF goes from 512KB when scanned via Nextcloud iOS app, and then becomes 12MB after it's annotated in okular - just a dozen text boxes added to form).

SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
ProjectBlueFin - Flatpak