Best Practices – Digital Asset Guidelines – Rev 4 www.autocare.org | www.autocarevip.com | technology@autocare.org 17 largest high resolution file, to the smallest file size for online viewing. a file far too large to transfer to your trading partners, whereas formatting the PDF to the smallest file size may result in poor quality images and graphics. It is recommended that you export your PDF in various file sizes to see which one strikes the best balance between file size and document quality. Compression You can define the quality of the images in the PDF by adjusting how they are compressed upon export. You can set images to color, grayscale, or monochrome and define their quality to minimum, low, medium, high, and maximum. It is recommended that you experiment with various settings to see what the final PDF output looks like. As with the file size, you should try and strike a balance between quality viewing and file size. Compression You can also compress text and line art to reduce the file size. As with the file size, you should try and strike a balance between quality viewing and file size. Color Space There are several export options for color space. sRGB is a standard RGB color space created for use on monitors, printers, and the Internet. Optimize Allows various optimization settings to reduce the file size like optimizing images and graphics. Completed after the PDF has been exported with Adobe Acrobat. 1. The ‘PDF File Name’ should only consist of alphanumeric characters. Spaces and any other special characters other than a dash or underscore should not be used. a. All PDF file names must include the extension e.g., .pdf