MobileRead Forums - View Single Post - journal articles and coversion of full text html to ereader HELP

Topenda · 01-06-2011, 01:39 AM

Hi there,

Depending on how the databases you are accessing have set up their pdf handling - some like to make it hard by displaying it in the browser - but if not you should be able to download the pdf to the EE. The EE should just automatically download the pdf if you click on the file link (providing it's linked directly to the pdf and not some horrid frame arrangement).

Then your download window will show up with a list of downloaded files. From there you can long-press and either choose to open in your pdf viewer on the tablet side, or select Library and have it added to your library so you can open it on the reader side.

I'm not sure about your html full-text problem, as I haven't tried that yet, but it could be frames-related, and you *might* be able to get around by opening the link in a separate window in your browser. I do this on my pc when I don't want all the crap in the other frames saved/printed. Having said that, I've not had a lot of luck isolating individual frames this way on the EE - must be something to do with the way the android browsers handle frames, I'm guessing.

Good luck with it all, I understand your frustration - EE has so much potential for making life easier for academic use, but still has some limitations. Hopefully they'll get worked out in due course.

One thing I've done to make it a little easier to keep track of my readings lists is to copy the list from Blackboard to a word doc and then save as a pdf, which I use as a master list. I open the master list pdf in the EE reader, then browse to the readings (which I've already downloaded and added to the Library) in the Library, and attach them to the pdf master list, highlighting the title on the reader for the attachment point. Once saved, I can open the master list, tap directly on the desired reading's attachment icon and open the reading I need. Once I'm done with it, I reopen the master list, set the reader to annotate, and tick off the reading. So at a glance I can see what readings I need to do (and access them directly) and which ones I've already done. Hope that makes sense!

01-06-2011, 01:39 AM	#2
Topenda Edge User	Hi there, Depending on how the databases you are accessing have set up their pdf handling - some like to make it hard by displaying it in the browser - but if not you should be able to download the pdf to the EE. The EE should just automatically download the pdf if you click on the file link (providing it's linked directly to the pdf and not some horrid frame arrangement). Then your download window will show up with a list of downloaded files. From there you can long-press and either choose to open in your pdf viewer on the tablet side, or select Library and have it added to your library so you can open it on the reader side. I'm not sure about your html full-text problem, as I haven't tried that yet, but it could be frames-related, and you might be able to get around by opening the link in a separate window in your browser. I do this on my pc when I don't want all the crap in the other frames saved/printed. Having said that, I've not had a lot of luck isolating individual frames this way on the EE - must be something to do with the way the android browsers handle frames, I'm guessing. Good luck with it all, I understand your frustration - EE has so much potential for making life easier for academic use, but still has some limitations. Hopefully they'll get worked out in due course. One thing I've done to make it a little easier to keep track of my readings lists is to copy the list from Blackboard to a word doc and then save as a pdf, which I use as a master list. I open the master list pdf in the EE reader, then browse to the readings (which I've already downloaded and added to the Library) in the Library, and attach them to the pdf master list, highlighting the title on the reader for the attachment point. Once saved, I can open the master list, tap directly on the desired reading's attachment icon and open the reading I need. Once I'm done with it, I reopen the master list, set the reader to annotate, and tick off the reading. So at a glance I can see what readings I need to do (and access them directly) and which ones I've already done. Hope that makes sense!