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Old 11-13-2010, 12:31 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by billyray View Post
I still don't get the document out of the reader with markups. I can get a list of markups, but not within the document context. I have tried with both .pdf and .rtf with no luck. It is a real bummer, and I don't really understand why. I own the documents. I own MS Office. I own the Adobe Suite. Why can't this work?

I guess I will just have to try to start highlighting in a way that takes better advantage of what is offered in terms of listing highlights.
I use Word and Adobe Professional for document markups too. Now I understand your frustration. You can only view your markups overlaid on the full documentation within the Sony Reader Library software. When you export to a file, the amount of document text that exports is limited for DRM-restricted books. I am sure Sony has this limitation for copyright protections.

On a document with DRM, when you export to a file, your highlights are restricted to 100 characters. Too restrictive in my opinion. I understand they don't want someone to cut-and-paste the entire document for some nefarious purpose, but it could be more than 100 characters for legitimate uses! What I do is highlight in smaller chunks and then end up editing my RTF export if I want to save a larger passage.

On a document with no DRM, your highlights are not restricted (that I have discovered), and you could export the text of an entire page if you wanted to.

I am not sure if any other ereaders do markups better? For example, my Kindle will export a larger amount of text. Not sure what the limit is but it is certainly way more than 100 characters. However, the Kindle dumps your annotations from all books into a single TXT file in the order that you made them (not good if you jump around between books). I wish they would export text to a file specific to a single book like Sony does. The Kindle also does not have software where you can view your markups over the documentation on your computer (just on your ereader only). I am not sure how Nook or other brands might do these tasks.
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