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Originally Posted by Icey
Hello,
I would like to acquire a reading light to read large pdf file. (100 MB)
Most of them are in A4 format.
So I wanted to ask you if the machine is responsive and fast when turning pages and when zooming
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I wouldn't exactly call it fast - due to the nature of E-Ink. But larger files get opened pretty quickly on the Aura (tried ebooks that were over 100 MB in size and PDF/CBZ that were about 65 MB).
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I also wanted to know how is the management of margins. A pdf file that does not contain is that the Kobo will add margins?
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No, but the PDF reader has a footer (page X of Y) which takes away a little of the reading space. The CBZ/CBR reader doesn't have that, so if your PDF is all pictures, you might want to split them, save them as single images, create a CBZ/CBR and read it there.
It's also easier to turn pages in CBZ reader - you just have to tap while in the PDF reading mode you have to scroll until a black bar appears that you have to press to turn the page.
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Also, in case there are margins, is that it is possible to remove like the iPad with Goodreader application (ie it defines the new margins ourselves) ?
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I don't have an iPad so I can't compare and comment, sorry. But if you have large margins in the file, it would be good to crop them before transferring the PDF to the Aura. That way you may be able to read zoomed only to the width of the screen, which will result in much less scrolling.
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The screen is large enough to read pdf files in landscape mode ?
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It highly depends upon the PDF file you are using.
I have one that I bought from Kobo which I can even read in portrait mode. Others are not good to read even in landscape (bad scans, for example).
Also if you read zoomed in landscape and turn the page, you will end up in the lower left corner instead of the upper left, which will result in extra scrolling (doesn't happen in portrait mode).
It's nothing that can't be managed by scrolling up, but it's annoying anyway.