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recycledelectron · 12-13-2007, 11:19 PM

ARRGGH! These replies are less than useless. Some are guesses, some are correct but are so short that they are almost misleading. This is why I bought a PRS-505 just to try it out and see what it could and what it could not do.

I loaded the files on my PRS-505, and tried them out.

First, you need to know the name in the document properties to find the thing on the PRS-505. It does not let you browse by file name, you must select author, title, or date loaded then view them that way.

Second, the diagonal measurement on the PRS-505 screen is 6 inches (150mm.) Print these out to scale and see if you want to read them.

Third, I view almost everything in landscape mode. The text will be smaller in portrait mode.

Fourth, the PRS-505 reads .PDFs natively (but the text is small.) See attached for pics of one of the PDFs. (I didn't try the other one.)

Fifth, the PRS-505 does not read .DOC files natively (whatever Sony says) You have to convert them to .RTF using a word processor. See attached for pics of the DOC after it was converted to RTF. Please note that I changed the title of the RTF file to find the dang thing.

Sixth, know that you can use a word processor to enlarge or shrink the size of text in and RTF file, but the PRS-505 ignores graphics in RTF files.

Andy

12-13-2007, 11:19 PM	#8
recycledelectron Groupie Posts: 152 Karma: 854 Join Date: Dec 2007 Device: Lifebook T5010	ARRGGH! These replies are less than useless. Some are guesses, some are correct but are so short that they are almost misleading. This is why I bought a PRS-505 just to try it out and see what it could and what it could not do. I loaded the files on my PRS-505, and tried them out. First, you need to know the name in the document properties to find the thing on the PRS-505. It does not let you browse by file name, you must select author, title, or date loaded then view them that way. Second, the diagonal measurement on the PRS-505 screen is 6 inches (150mm.) Print these out to scale and see if you want to read them. Third, I view almost everything in landscape mode. The text will be smaller in portrait mode. Fourth, the PRS-505 reads .PDFs natively (but the text is small.) See attached for pics of one of the PDFs. (I didn't try the other one.) Fifth, the PRS-505 does not read .DOC files natively (whatever Sony says) You have to convert them to .RTF using a word processor. See attached for pics of the DOC after it was converted to RTF. Please note that I changed the title of the RTF file to find the dang thing. Sixth, know that you can use a word processor to enlarge or shrink the size of text in and RTF file, but the PRS-505 ignores graphics in RTF files. Andy Attached Thumbnails Last edited by recycledelectron; 12-13-2007 at 11:21 PM.