Reading PDF in lanscape?

alexdc · 08-29-2010, 12:36 AM

Hi,

I recently purchased a Nook and am in the process of converting a number of scientific and mathematical PDFs to a format readable on the ereader. I have had great success by using a number of Windows and Linux tools (pdfedit to crop margins, APdfcut to cut pages in half and JPdfTweak to rotate pages and insert an index). The resulting PDFs are tilted landscape files that usually read quite well on the device.

However, the Nook will occasionally still try to parse text from the pdf file and format the text to its screen (incredibly annoying). This has rendered a few of my books unreadable.

Is there anyway to force the device to read the PDF in the original format, or is there a way that I can convert the PDFs to another format (maybe a rasterized PDF?) so that the Nook will only read these PDFs the way I formated them?

wallcraft · 08-29-2010, 03:43 AM

Since mobile ADE reflows PDFs one page at a time, I think you would need to modify every page to stop reflow entirely. I suggest trying something like adding a box around the text (i.e. a page border), or add an image-based header and footer that ADE can't handle (you would have to experiment to find one), or a watermark.

Alternatively, there are tools for converting PDFs to images. One is PDFRead, which is sticky in the workshop forum (probably because it does not seem to have PDF output).

alexdc · 08-29-2010, 02:12 PM

Thanks for the suggestions, Wallcraft. I tried pdfread and adding a watermark without much success. I will experiment with a header/footer, but I think that a page border will probably be the best way to go. However, I have no idea how to add a page border to a pdf, and none of my current tools seem capable of doing this. Do you know of any tools I can use?

alexdc · 08-30-2010, 12:20 AM

Problem solved. Apparently, setting the text size to "small" (not XS, but "small" specifically) disables the text reflow on the nook.

frabjous · 08-31-2010, 05:54 PM

I just thought I'd mention that you could use SoPDF to crop, cut and rotate all in one go. It's a command line app, but there is a GUI available for both 32 and 64 bit linux here.

08-29-2010, 12:36 AM	#1
alexdc Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: nook	[Solved] Reading PDF in lanscape? Hi, I recently purchased a Nook and am in the process of converting a number of scientific and mathematical PDFs to a format readable on the ereader. I have had great success by using a number of Windows and Linux tools (pdfedit to crop margins, APdfcut to cut pages in half and JPdfTweak to rotate pages and insert an index). The resulting PDFs are tilted landscape files that usually read quite well on the device. However, the Nook will occasionally still try to parse text from the pdf file and format the text to its screen (incredibly annoying). This has rendered a few of my books unreadable. Is there anyway to force the device to read the PDF in the original format, or is there a way that I can convert the PDFs to another format (maybe a rasterized PDF?) so that the Nook will only read these PDFs the way I formated them? Last edited by alexdc; 08-30-2010 at 12:21 AM.

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08-29-2010, 03:43 AM	#2
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	Since mobile ADE reflows PDFs one page at a time, I think you would need to modify every page to stop reflow entirely. I suggest trying something like adding a box around the text (i.e. a page border), or add an image-based header and footer that ADE can't handle (you would have to experiment to find one), or a watermark. Alternatively, there are tools for converting PDFs to images. One is PDFRead, which is sticky in the workshop forum (probably because it does not seem to have PDF output).

08-29-2010, 02:12 PM	#3
alexdc Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: nook	Thanks for the suggestions, Wallcraft. I tried pdfread and adding a watermark without much success. I will experiment with a header/footer, but I think that a page border will probably be the best way to go. However, I have no idea how to add a page border to a pdf, and none of my current tools seem capable of doing this. Do you know of any tools I can use?

08-30-2010, 12:20 AM	#4
alexdc Member Posts: 12 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: nook	Problem solved. Apparently, setting the text size to "small" (not XS, but "small" specifically) disables the text reflow on the nook.

08-31-2010, 05:54 PM	#5
frabjous Wizard Posts: 1,213 Karma: 12890 Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Amherst, Massachusetts, USA Device: Sony PRS-505	I just thought I'd mention that you could use SoPDF to crop, cut and rotate all in one go. It's a command line app, but there is a GUI available for both 32 and 64 bit linux here.