An instance where PDF works

J. Strnad · 07-15-2010, 06:21 PM

I'm on record (yeah, as if anybody cares) with the opinion that PDF is pretty useless for a 6" screen. BUT...if the PDF is the manual to your new camera, and it's meant for a little 4" x 6" booklet, there's not much reduction at all. It's much handier than carrying around a 143-page printed manual.

Thrasher · 07-15-2010, 06:23 PM

True, or if you are converting a powerpoint presentation into PDF, that usually works pretty good too.

clintbradford · 07-15-2010, 06:40 PM

>> ... the manual to your new camera ...

Or the manual to your amateur radio ... I have several owners manuals for various model radios - printout is about "half" the size of an 8.5 x 11" page, landscape. The Kobo is VERY handy for me for those documents! (Now, then, if I could only change the TITLE of some .pdf docs, I'd be pleased).

Elfwreck · 07-15-2010, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by clintbradford

>printout is about "half" the size of an 8.5 x 11" page, landscape. The Kobo is VERY handy for me for those documents! (Now, then, if I could only change the TITLE of some .pdf docs, I'd be pleased).

If they're not locked, you can use a program like BeCyPDFMetaEditor to change the title. (Or Acrobat Pro. But that's expensive, and the meta editor is free.)

If they are locked, there's software that will unlock them, but it's not free (although $10-15 isn't too bad for a useful program) and then they can be run through a metadata editor.

Marcels · 07-15-2010, 10:22 PM

Comics work well in PDF

Also if you change the display to landscape you get larger text. Calibre will let you convert a PDF to a ePub which works well too.

zoran · 07-16-2010, 01:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by J. Strnad

I'm on record (yeah, as if anybody cares) with the opinion that PDF is pretty useless for a 6" screen. BUT...if the PDF is the manual to your new camera, and it's meant for a little 4" x 6" booklet, there's not much reduction at all. It's much handier than carrying around a 143-page printed manual.

Going with that idea further, imagine pdf file, all text, no
pictures. What would be a method, for any operating
system, to process the file and have one exactly as your?
I assume adobe would be mentioned. Probably more.

AnemicOak · 07-16-2010, 01:28 AM

Any PDF that's formatted to the size of the screen (or smaller I guess) works well on a 5/6" device. You can actually have more formatting control than any other format if it's desired. It's just that most PDF's aren't formatted to those small sizes.

zoran · 07-16-2010, 01:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnemicOak

Any PDF that's formatted to the size of the screen (or smaller I guess) works well on a 5/6" device. You can actually have more formatting control than any other format if it's desired. It's just that most PDF's aren't formatted to those small sizes.

Yep. I was looking after changing the screen size.
The one intended for big, big screen (spite the format
is for printing) to smaller, just for kobo.

Vardd · 07-16-2010, 01:48 PM

As I've mentioned in already a couple of other forum threads, Kobo + pdf = works great for me. Just have to get it ready, but it does work pretty good, even on a 6" screen.

pleochroic · 07-16-2010, 02:06 PM

i read most of my fiction in pdf format. it works just fine, IF it is formatted for that size screen (fiction usually seems to be). if not, then i used to reformat it (which can be a pain), but now i just convert to epub instead because it's more robust.

i don't know that i'd use my camera manual on my kobo in pdf format. it takes too long to get to the right page.

J. Strnad · 07-16-2010, 09:05 PM

I retitled it in Calibre.

Agree with your comment! A table of contents would be nice.

07-15-2010, 06:21 PM	#1
J. Strnad Guru Posts: 916 Karma: 3434192 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Kobo, Kindle 3, Paperwhite	An instance where PDF works I'm on record (yeah, as if anybody cares) with the opinion that PDF is pretty useless for a 6" screen. BUT...if the PDF is the manual to your new camera, and it's meant for a little 4" x 6" booklet, there's not much reduction at all. It's much handier than carrying around a 143-page printed manual.

07-16-2010, 01:28 AM	#7
AnemicOak Bookaholic Posts: 7,392 Karma: 18766781 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Minnesota Device: AuraHD, Nook HD+, Kindle 2,3,T , Opus, TF101, Nexus7, iPT, iPhone5	Any PDF that's formatted to the size of the screen (or smaller I guess) works well on a 5/6" device. You can actually have more formatting control than any other format if it's desired. It's just that most PDF's aren't formatted to those small sizes. __________________ ~Brian "The test of any good fiction is that you should care something for the characters; the good to succeed, the bad to fail. The trouble with most fiction is that you want them all to land in hell together, as quickly as possible." — Mark Twain

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07-15-2010, 06:23 PM	#2
Thrasher Zealot Posts: 140 Karma: 1003934 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Canada Device: Nook Wifi	True, or if you are converting a powerpoint presentation into PDF, that usually works pretty good too.

07-15-2010, 06:40 PM	#3
clintbradford Older ... slower ... Posts: 439 Karma: 1424 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Jurupa Valley CA US Device: Kobo, Kindles 2/3/Keyboard/Fire/Fire HD. Android/Palm/touch.	>> ... the manual to your new camera ... Or the manual to your amateur radio ... I have several owners manuals for various model radios - printout is about "half" the size of an 8.5 x 11" page, landscape. The Kobo is VERY handy for me for those documents! (Now, then, if I could only change the TITLE of some .pdf docs, I'd be pleased).

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Marcels Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: New Plymouth, New Zealand Device: Kobo	Comics work well in PDF Also if you change the display to landscape you get larger text. Calibre will let you convert a PDF to a ePub which works well too.

07-16-2010, 01:48 PM	#9
Vardd Member Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Kobo	As I've mentioned in already a couple of other forum threads, Kobo + pdf = works great for me. Just have to get it ready, but it does work pretty good, even on a 6" screen.

07-16-2010, 02:06 PM	#10
pleochroic Member Posts: 21 Karma: 22 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: kobo, OLPC XO	i read most of my fiction in pdf format. it works just fine, IF it is formatted for that size screen (fiction usually seems to be). if not, then i used to reformat it (which can be a pain), but now i just convert to epub instead because it's more robust. i don't know that i'd use my camera manual on my kobo in pdf format. it takes too long to get to the right page.

07-16-2010, 09:05 PM	#11
J. Strnad Guru Posts: 916 Karma: 3434192 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: Kobo, Kindle 3, Paperwhite	I retitled it in Calibre. Agree with your comment! A table of contents would be nice.


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