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bobsi18 · 01-29-2011, 06:41 PM

Hi all,
I'm not really sure if this is a question that has more to do with Calibre or my actual ereader... I've got a Sony PRS-350 (Pocket Touch), and am using Calibre on a mac to handle/organise my collection.

I've got PDF versions of my uni course notes and would like to get them onto my reader so that (if I stay on top of things) I can read my lecture notes wherever I am. The notes are PDF's with the occasional image/figure.

What's the best format to put these onto the reader? I tried converting to epub and transferring, and there are a few issues (some of the "bullets" have converted to 'gooblygook', the photos are still there, but the diagrams are not). I tried transferring as a straight PDF, but issues there too (the bullets have a linespace after them, the page number/footer etc (at the bottom of each PDF page) is chucked up halfway through every second page or so. The diagrams all seem to have come across ok).

PDF seems a better format, but is there a way to manually edit the file? (each set of notes is only 20 pages or so, so not a biggy if possible).

01-29-2011, 06:41 PM	#1
bobsi18 Enthusiast Posts: 36 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: SE Victoria, Australia Device: iPhone & Sony Pocket (& support for a Kobo Wifi)	Questions about conversions Hi all, I'm not really sure if this is a question that has more to do with Calibre or my actual ereader... I've got a Sony PRS-350 (Pocket Touch), and am using Calibre on a mac to handle/organise my collection. I've got PDF versions of my uni course notes and would like to get them onto my reader so that (if I stay on top of things) I can read my lecture notes wherever I am. The notes are PDF's with the occasional image/figure. What's the best format to put these onto the reader? I tried converting to epub and transferring, and there are a few issues (some of the "bullets" have converted to 'gooblygook', the photos are still there, but the diagrams are not). I tried transferring as a straight PDF, but issues there too (the bullets have a linespace after them, the page number/footer etc (at the bottom of each PDF page) is chucked up halfway through every second page or so. The diagrams all seem to have come across ok). PDF seems a better format, but is there a way to manually edit the file? (each set of notes is only 20 pages or so, so not a biggy if possible).