Thread: Editing a PDF for the Kindle
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Old 02-26-2011, 03:09 PM   #2
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Originally Posted by jangell2 View Post
Samsung only provided the manual for my camera as a pdf. I tried using Calibre to convert it and it sucks. What's the best program to edit the pdf with so that either it's ready for the kindle or for a better calibre conversion?

Two things that I see in the pdf that might be problems for Callibre is that the pdf is in landscape mode and it's got two columns per page.
My advice: don't even try to convert the pdf. It will make you miserable, unless you want to spend hours correcting errors. The best thing to do is to trim the margins with a pdf utility like Acrobat Pro, then view it in landscape mode in Kindle or in Duokan. Duokan has a built-in margin trimmer.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=105316

If you must make yourself miserable, you can try ABBYY FineReader, which can read your pdf, put two columns in one, etc. It is a great program.
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