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Old 10-01-2011, 02:18 PM   #27
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Originally Posted by stickybuns View Post
Question: when I email a pdf to my Kindle and request that Amazon "convert" the file, is that "reflowing"? Or is reflowing something else entirely?
No, that's converting it to Mobi format.

PDF reflow means taking a PDF page that was designed for a large screen, and rearranging the words on it so that it all fits onto a smaller screen. This can be done reasonably well for plain text, but tends to fail big-time when the layout is more complex.
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