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eboyhan · 07-23-2010, 02:00 AM

KDX is 5.5"x8.0" or close to A5 paper size.

While there are many programs that can convert pdf's to something else, anything using complex layout, or that is professionally typeset will not convert well.

If you have control of the source, and if the source is reflowable (say a word doc), then setting the page size to A5, and printing/publishing to pdf from within word yields excellent KDX results.

If the source is not reflowable (or is only partially so), I have had good success taking the doc to MS OneNote through the clipboard, and reflowing it there --it is often simpler to prepare docs for the DX in OneNote than in word, and its "publish to pdf" facility is first rate.

07-23-2010, 02:00 AM	#11
eboyhan PandaMuse Posts: 104 Karma: 104 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Florida Device: kindle dx, kindle touch SO, kindle fire, kindle fire hd8.9	KDX is 5.5"x8.0" or close to A5 paper size. While there are many programs that can convert pdf's to something else, anything using complex layout, or that is professionally typeset will not convert well. If you have control of the source, and if the source is reflowable (say a word doc), then setting the page size to A5, and printing/publishing to pdf from within word yields excellent KDX results. If the source is not reflowable (or is only partially so), I have had good success taking the doc to MS OneNote through the clipboard, and reflowing it there --it is often simpler to prepare docs for the DX in OneNote than in word, and its "publish to pdf" facility is first rate.