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BlackVoid · 09-09-2008, 04:26 AM

Thanks for the responses to my questions.

I have a lot of PDF files that I plan to read on my Sony 505. Here is how I convert
- Load the file in Adobe Acrobat Pro
- Crop the pages to remove headers and footers (see how on page 3 of this thread).
- Save the text as RTF or DOC (still experimenting which is better)
- Load the file in BookDesigner (this is MUCH better than Calibre)
- Create the LRF file

This gives perfect result for all-text PDFs and even retains images! Formatting is very nicely converted (with Calibre this is not so).
Unfortunately page cropping is ignored by BookDesigner so you need the interim RTF / DOC format.
With this method (and a few additional steps) I can now also convert PDFs from my native language (Hungarian) with a full character set. PM me if you need details on this.

09-09-2008, 04:26 AM	#52
BlackVoid Evangelist Posts: 415 Karma: 510423 Join Date: Nov 2006 Device: Sony PRS-505	Thanks for the responses to my questions. I have a lot of PDF files that I plan to read on my Sony 505. Here is how I convert - Load the file in Adobe Acrobat Pro - Crop the pages to remove headers and footers (see how on page 3 of this thread). - Save the text as RTF or DOC (still experimenting which is better) - Load the file in BookDesigner (this is MUCH better than Calibre) - Create the LRF file This gives perfect result for all-text PDFs and even retains images! Formatting is very nicely converted (with Calibre this is not so). Unfortunately page cropping is ignored by BookDesigner so you need the interim RTF / DOC format. With this method (and a few additional steps) I can now also convert PDFs from my native language (Hungarian) with a full character set. PM me if you need details on this.