Thread: Does PDF files STRESS the Kindle too much?
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Old 09-17-2010, 08:04 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by susan_cassidy View Post
I don't believe that Kindle uses Adobe software. However, PDF files tend to be much larger than Kindle-formatted files, and thus, take up more memory. It is quite possible that the rendering engine is more resource-intensive than the one for regular Kindle files.

I've never had any problems like the ones you mention on your pc.
Actually, Amazon does license Adobe's Mobile Reader SDK for its PDF features.

I have one PDF that is 30Mb and it opens just fine, but I've had some slightly smaller than that that crashed Kindle. Unless the PDF is password protected, you can split larger ones up into pieces that Kindle can load.
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