Target 200 KB in this tab for NSP documents and similar caps. Pages become images. The tool says so when 200 KB is impossible.
200 KB is a common Indian document cap: National Scholarship Portal files, some Aadhaar-related uploads, and a lot of state forms that never published a nicer number. “Compress PDF” presets (light, medium, heavy) do not aim at 200 KB. This page does. The compressor tries sharper images first and steps down until the file is under 200 KB.
The result is a PDF of pictures. Sentences cannot be selected. A two-page text scan usually fits. A 30-page colour brochure often does not, and you will see that in words instead of a file that is quietly 900 KB.
Use it for one certificate, one income affidavit, or a short ID scan. For UPSC, remember the floor: 50 KB minimum and 300 KB maximum. For PAN, the rule is 300 KB per page, which is a different button. For a résumé, 2 MB is the usual practical cap, not 200 KB.
The smallest setting still has to photograph every pixel of every page. Split the file, crop margins, or scan in grayscale, then run 200 KB again. We do not add hidden compression that keeps a text layer; this build always rasterizes, and the tool says that on the page.
Open Compress PDF, choose 200 KB, and download. The work runs in this tab. If the file cannot get under 200 KB, you get an explanation instead of a download that misses the target.
No. Pages are JPEG images. That is how the size drops. Read the download before you submit it.
No. UPSC documents are 50–300 KB. 200 KB sits inside that band for a single file, but you still need to stay above 50 KB.
The NSP SOP and MoMA FAQ we checked. See the scholarship page and the limits table for the source PDFs.