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RChance · 02-16-2008, 10:20 AM

thanks for all the input... it helped tremendously! Here is what i did...
I work in MS word 2003 btw.

I did as you guys said, and made a screen sized page(3.54 inches wide by 4.72 inches tall)with margins at .12 on all sides. I then used a 18 pt Times new Roman font. And made sure that i formatted the paragraphs to keep lines together, with justified text alignment. When done typing the sermon, I saved it as a pdf. then uploaded it to my Prs505... and it worked perfectly!!!

Thank God I had adobe acrobat, or i would be pulling my hair out trying to learn BD or some of these other programs you guys are talking about. The one and only draw back is that in going to the reader sized notes I had about 36 pages rather than my normal 8 to 10 pages on a normal sized paper. All in all i know that I am going to be thrilled with the reader as my speaking notes.

Another great plus, for any public speakers out there... I travel often, and now I dont have to carry a heavy notebook, or a travel printer for speaking engagements on the road. You cant get any better than this! Once again thanks for the help... i couldnt have figured it out without you guys...

thanks again!

02-16-2008, 10:20 AM	#6
RChance Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: prs505	thanks for all the input... it helped tremendously! Here is what i did... I work in MS word 2003 btw. I did as you guys said, and made a screen sized page(3.54 inches wide by 4.72 inches tall)with margins at .12 on all sides. I then used a 18 pt Times new Roman font. And made sure that i formatted the paragraphs to keep lines together, with justified text alignment. When done typing the sermon, I saved it as a pdf. then uploaded it to my Prs505... and it worked perfectly!!! Thank God I had adobe acrobat, or i would be pulling my hair out trying to learn BD or some of these other programs you guys are talking about. The one and only draw back is that in going to the reader sized notes I had about 36 pages rather than my normal 8 to 10 pages on a normal sized paper. All in all i know that I am going to be thrilled with the reader as my speaking notes. Another great plus, for any public speakers out there... I travel often, and now I dont have to carry a heavy notebook, or a travel printer for speaking engagements on the road. You cant get any better than this! Once again thanks for the help... i couldnt have figured it out without you guys... thanks again!