Questions
The ones that actually get asked
- How much smaller will the file get?
- It depends on what is inside. A document full of scans drops noticeably; a text-only file barely moves, because there is nothing there to compress.
- Will the text go blurry?
- Text stays text. Compression touches images, so the difference shows in scans and photographs.
- Does the file leave my device?
- Yes. This is a server tool, unlike merging and splitting, which run in your browser.
- How long do I have to download it?
- Sixty minutes, then the result is deleted and the processing has to be run again.
- What is the limit?
- 100 MB per file and 50 files in one task.
- Does it work on a scanned document?
- It does, and that is usually where it helps most. It will not turn the scan into searchable text, though — that is a different thing this tool does not do.
- Do I pay from the start?
- No. Running the tool needs no account; paying is about the download: 7 days at an intro price, then monthly.