Microsoft Word resume: make your resume PDF smaller
Some job portals cap uploads. Shrink the file without changing the text. This works on the PDF Microsoft Word exported. Word resumes edit cleanly: bold titles, italic dates and bullets are recognised. Calibri and Cambria have open clones with identical widths; Aptos gets the closest open font only with your permission.
How to do it
- 1.Open Compress PDF.
- 2.Add your resume.
- 3.Download the smaller PDF.
How Microsoft Word writes resume PDFs
- • Save as PDF embeds only the letters used, as subset TrueType fonts.
- • Each run of formatting is written as its own piece of text.
- • Tables and rules are drawn as lines around positioned text.
What happens to the rest of your resume
- • Text stays real text, so it remains searchable.
- • Photos are the usual reason a resume is large.
Questions people ask
+Will compression blur my text?
No. Text is not turned into pictures.
+Is it better to edit in Microsoft Word?
If you still have the Microsoft Word version and a lot to change, yes. For a quick fix to the PDF you already sent, editing the PDF is faster.
Other edits to a Microsoft Word resume
- Fix a typo on your resume
- Update your job title
- Add a bullet point to your resume
- Edit a bullet point on your resume
- Delete a bullet point from your resume
- Change employment dates on your resume
- Update the phone number on your resume
- Update the email address on your resume
- Add a LinkedIn link to your resume
- Add a portfolio link to your resume
- Update the skills on your resume
- Rewrite your resume summary
- Update the education section
- Add a certification to your resume
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