# GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.PdfStreamHandling

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  <h1 id="GrapeCity_Documents_Pdf_PdfStreamHandling" data-uid="GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.PdfStreamHandling" class="text-break">PdfStreamHandling Enum
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  <div class="markdown level0 summary"><p>Defines how to process existing PDF streams in a loaded document.</p>
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  <h6><strong>Namespace</strong>: <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.html">GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf</a></h6>
  <h6><strong>Assembly</strong>: DS.Documents.Pdf.dll</h6>
  <h5 id="GrapeCity_Documents_Pdf_PdfStreamHandling_syntax">Syntax</h5>
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    <pre><code class="lang-csharp hljs">public enum PdfStreamHandling</code></pre>
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    <pre><code class="lang-vbnet hljs">Public Enum PdfStreamHandling</code></pre>
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  <h3 id="fields">Fields
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        <th>Name</th>
        <th>Description</th>
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        <td id="GrapeCity_Documents_Pdf_PdfStreamHandling_Copy">Copy</td>
        <td><p>Copy the content of the original stream to the output as is without any changes.
Note that <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.GcPdfDocument.CompressionLevel.html#GrapeCity_Documents_Pdf_GcPdfDocument_CompressionLevel">CompressionLevel</a> will not affect any
existing streams in this case, and will only be used for saving streams that were added
after loading the document.</p>
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        <td id="GrapeCity_Documents_Pdf_PdfStreamHandling_MinimizeSize">MinimizeSize</td>
        <td><p>Copy the existing streams as-is (see <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.PdfStreamHandling.html#GrapeCity_Documents_Pdf_PdfStreamHandling_Copy">Copy</a>), or re-compress them (see <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.PdfStreamHandling.html#GrapeCity_Documents_Pdf_PdfStreamHandling_UseCompressionLevel">UseCompressionLevel</a>),
achieving the smallest possible size.</p>
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        <td id="GrapeCity_Documents_Pdf_PdfStreamHandling_UseCompressionLevel">UseCompressionLevel</td>
        <td><p>Decompress existing PDF streams and re-compress them using <a class="xref" href="GrapeCity.Documents.Pdf.GcPdfDocument.CompressionLevel.html#GrapeCity_Documents_Pdf_GcPdfDocument_CompressionLevel">CompressionLevel</a>.</p>
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