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Originally Posted by ktakeda
Hi,
I'm seriously wanting to get a PR-505 in the UK. As an engineering lecturer my main job for it would be to read PhD, MSc and undergraduate theses.
These are A4 page format, containing equations, figures and tables. They are typically 100-300 pages each, so an e-book would be perfect to allow me to read these when on the road, and save me lugging them to and from home without breaking my back.
They are usually submitted as PDFs. So my question is:
- Can I reflow technical PDFs to be really readable on a PR-505?
I am willing to pay for software to do this. I already have Adobe Creative Suite Master Collection CS4, but haven't delved into it for this application.
Many thanks,
Dr Kenji Takeda 
www.ktakeda.net |
The other option is, if they are technical theses in LaTeX, have students submitting them to you output them to the appropriate sized PDF page. I've got a LaTeX set-up that works fine for text; not sure how it would look with the equations, but if you have your students spit out output for a 4.5" by 6" page, it'd be easy to read so long as it didn't mess up the images/equations too much. Would probably be an issue for double-column papers, but probably OK for actual theses....