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> Is there a way I can reduce the file size and keep the images OK...

In Distiller, Settings > Edit Adobe PDF Settings. Under the Images tab, 
try reducing the downsample numbers. Be aware, though, that image 
quality and file size exist in an inverse proportion: more quality = 
bigger file, less quality = smaller file. If you have a lot of images in 
your PDF, you're going to have a big PDF. You can probably tweak the 
numbers until you find tolerable quality and tolerable size, but you're 
going to have to give something up.

If the PDF you were getting with Save As PDF was smaller, it's probably 
because Save As was using a lower-quality job options file (PDF 
settings) and Distiller was using a higher-quality job options file. If 
the Save As PDF was decent quality, try using the same job options file 
in Distiller.

-- 
Kenneth Benson
Pegasus Type, Inc.
www.pegtype.com