hi just got my reader, now i have question

baker101 · 01-12-2007, 12:14 AM

it is normal to see a little left over from the previous screen? like a slightly noticiable faded view of the last page viewed?

also, now that i am ready to load up the reader, i guess ill try the threads for webpages to reader for what software to use and what program to use to create my own ereader books.

wow, this thing is awesome!

scottcstoness · 01-12-2007, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by baker101

it is normal to see a little left over from the previous screen? like a slightly noticiable faded view of the last page viewed?

Yeah, there is a bit of a "ghosting" effect; if you use that term to search the forums, you'll find more info, but basically you get ghosting especially badly for the first couple screens after you turn it on or when the unit is cold (e.g. near the 5C operational limit).

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also, now that i am ready to load up the reader, i guess ill try the threads for webpages to reader for what software to use and what program to use to create my own ereader books.

wow, this thing is awesome!

Lots of links around here, especially in the READER CONTENT subforum. At the moment, anything you can put in RTF, justify and set the font at a reasonable size (I use 14pt, the consensus seems to be about 18pt), the reader does an excellent job with RTF files if you are only concerned with text and don't need hyperlinks.

JimCuk · 01-12-2007, 04:32 AM

Also for PDF files search for PDFrasterFarian Its developing along nicely.

NormB · 01-12-2007, 09:40 AM

My reader shows a reduced level display of a few lines of the text at the bottom of the page in landscape mode like there was a end of page code but since there is space left over it shows the next few lines of the text in light grey. When I hit the page turn button this text will show at the top of the new page. After learning to not read into the greyed area before hitting the turn page button I can continue reading the next page from the top. If I read into the greyed area then I have to skip down down on the next page to avoid reading those lines a second time. It does not bother me once I learned how to work around it, but I have not seen this particular problem noted on any other posting. Does anyone else have this problem? I don't have this problem in portrait mode.

magogo · 01-12-2007, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by NormB

My reader shows a reduced level display of a few lines of the text at the bottom of the page in landscape mode like there was a end of page code but since there is space left over it shows the next few lines of the text in light grey. When I hit the page turn button this text will show at the top of the new page. After learning to not read into the greyed area before hitting the turn page button I can continue reading the next page from the top. If I read into the greyed area then I have to skip down down on the next page to avoid reading those lines a second time. It does not bother me once I learned how to work around it, but I have not seen this particular problem noted on any other posting. Does anyone else have this problem? I don't have this problem in portrait mode.

i've got the same situation too. But i think it is normal before from that you can see what's already shown in the upper part.

NatCh · 01-12-2007, 11:44 AM

Yeah, it's a 'feature.' I think the idea was to give a sense of continuity between the two halves of the displayed page. See in Landscape mode, each screenful is only half a 'page' so the grayed out lines are kind of a cue as to whether you're on the top or bottom half.

After working with it some in the real world, I tend to agree with you two that I'd rather it just doubled the number of 'pages' and dropped the grayed out lines thing.

baker101 · 01-12-2007, 04:42 PM

hi thanks for the responses.

next question, is there a prefered os to run these tools on? mac/win xp sp2/linux?

RWood · 01-12-2007, 05:07 PM

Almost all of them will run in WinXP. We are putting up a new Wiki page or two on this area this weekend. Hopefully if will gather all of the tools together in one place and be an easier method for selecting the proper tools for each person. Comments, suggestions, and corrections are always welcome.

baker101 · 01-13-2007, 01:48 PM

hi everyone thanks for the info.

for some reason ToobarForLIBRIeInst wont install on my machine.

for html, i am going to try HTML2LRF
and for PDF, i am going to try PDFrasterFarian

now what program is recommeded for creating your own LRF? basically id really like to have a table of contents and be able to click the number to take me where id like to be in a 'recipe' book..thanks

01-12-2007, 12:14 AM	#1
baker101 Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2006	hi just got my reader, now i have question it is normal to see a little left over from the previous screen? like a slightly noticiable faded view of the last page viewed? also, now that i am ready to load up the reader, i guess ill try the threads for webpages to reader for what software to use and what program to use to create my own ereader books. wow, this thing is awesome!

01-12-2007, 09:40 AM	#4
NormB Definately Senior Posts: 29 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Sierra Foothills Device: eBookman,Dell Axim,PRS-500	Ghosting in Landscape My reader shows a reduced level display of a few lines of the text at the bottom of the page in landscape mode like there was a end of page code but since there is space left over it shows the next few lines of the text in light grey. When I hit the page turn button this text will show at the top of the new page. After learning to not read into the greyed area before hitting the turn page button I can continue reading the next page from the top. If I read into the greyed area then I have to skip down down on the next page to avoid reading those lines a second time. It does not bother me once I learned how to work around it, but I have not seen this particular problem noted on any other posting. Does anyone else have this problem? I don't have this problem in portrait mode.

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NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Yeah, it's a 'feature.' I think the idea was to give a sense of continuity between the two halves of the displayed page. See in Landscape mode, each screenful is only half a 'page' so the grayed out lines are kind of a cue as to whether you're on the top or bottom half. After working with it some in the real world, I tend to agree with you two that I'd rather it just doubled the number of 'pages' and dropped the grayed out lines thing.

01-12-2007, 04:42 PM	#7
baker101 Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2006	hi thanks for the responses. next question, is there a prefered os to run these tools on? mac/win xp sp2/linux?

01-12-2007, 05:07 PM	#8
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01-13-2007, 01:48 PM	#9
baker101 Member Posts: 22 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2006	hi everyone thanks for the info. for some reason ToobarForLIBRIeInst wont install on my machine. for html, i am going to try HTML2LRF and for PDF, i am going to try PDFrasterFarian now what program is recommeded for creating your own LRF? basically id really like to have a table of contents and be able to click the number to take me where id like to be in a 'recipe' book..thanks

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