Purpose: The eFiling website requires that PDF documents not exceed 50MB for Circuit Court documents and 50MB for Supreme Court/Court of Appeals documents. This article provides instructions to reduce the file size of a PDF.
Applicable Users: eFile users
Note: There are many tools available to assist with compressing a PDF file. This document contains references to a tool that you may want to consider. Acrobat Pro can be purchased from Adobe. Third-party websites are not affiliated with the Wisconsin Court System. As such, the Wisconsin Court System cannot confirm the security of third-party sites. Use them at your own risk.
Before downloading anything onto your computer, make sure it is safe and secure. Understand what happens to a document once you utilize the software, especially if the document contains confidential information. For instance, some free compression applications may save a document copy to the cloud for future access.
Compress a PDF with Adobe Acrobat Pro
- Using Adobe Acrobat Pro, select Menu > Save as other > Reduced size PDF.
- Select a location to Save your compressed PDF file.
Additional document troubleshooting tools
- If compressing your PDF compromises the file quality, you may be able to split your PDF into multiple smaller-sized documents. Steps for splitting a PDF are located in the How to split a PDF article. The above-referenced third-party sites also offer tools for splitting PDFs.
- Note: Depending on the document type, the clerk may reject your document if it is not submitted in one single PDF file.
- Additional tips and tricks for troubleshooting document issues can be found in the Troubleshooting document issues article.
Support
Contact the eFile support center if you have further questions. Staff are available Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., except for court holidays.
Phone: 1-800-462-8843
Online support form: https://www.wicourts.gov/ecourts/efilesupportform.htm
Email: efilesupport@wicourts.gov
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