Thread: Rotated PDFs?
View Single Post
Old 07-27-2007, 12:44 AM   #3
delphidb96
Wizard
delphidb96 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.delphidb96 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.delphidb96 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.delphidb96 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.delphidb96 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.delphidb96 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.delphidb96 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.delphidb96 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.delphidb96 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.delphidb96 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.delphidb96 ought to be getting tired of karma fortunes by now.
 
Posts: 2,999
Karma: 300001
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Citrus Heights, California
Device: TWO Kindle 2s, one each Bookeen Cybook Gen3, Sony PRS-500, Axim X51V
Rotate

It also rotates to landscape mode. Part of the problem with any PDF is if it uses A4 or larger format with 10pt-12pt font, when the portrait-mode image is loaded, it just reduces the size of the font down to unacceptable levels.

Of course, there are plenty of editing tools for re-sizing PDF text. For example, Serif's PagePlus allows a document to be edited completely and it is a relatively cheap program.

Personally, I'd use Acrobat Professional to save out the text and images in HTML format and run the document through BookDesigner to create a Mobi-compatible ebook. I've found few non-DRM'd PDF files which cannot be treated this way.

Derek

Quote:
Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
Unless the Gen3 can zoom in and pan around, reading US Letter sized PDF will be just as bad on the Gen3 as it is on the Sony due to the screen being too small to fit without being too small to read. And the problem is that the tools available for dealing with PDF may not be any good if they convert to LRF. So your best bet is to stay away from PDF if the Gen3 will not zoom and pan.
delphidb96 is offline   Reply With Quote