Reduce PDF File Size

I am hoping someone can help, we have Automate 10

I have a requirement to loop a directory containing PDF files, if the PDF file size is > 950kb then reduce the file size

If file remains > 950kb after reducing the file then split the file etc.

Not sure if Automate can do this?.

This can be done in Automate but you probably need an external tool to reduce the file size.

I don't think there is any possibility to affect the file size using a built in action. Unless you know of specific pages that can be removed then you can use the Remove action. You could use a command line tool like Ghostscript to reduce the file size. Then loop a second run and use PDF action Split to split the file.

Available PDF actions:

PDF - Add attachment(s)
PDF - Add header/footer
PDF - Clear signature(s)
PDF - Create
PDF - Create session
PDF - Decrypt
PDF - Delete attachment(s)
PDF - Disable field(s)
PDF - Encrypt
PDF - End session
PDF - Extract
PDF - Get attachment(s)
PDF - Get field value
PDF - Get field(s)
PDF - Get PDF information
PDF - Get signature(s)
PDF - Insert
PDF - List attachment(s)
PDF - Remove
PDF - Replace
PDF - Search
PDF - Set field(s)
PDF - Sign
PDF - Split
PDF - Stamp