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Cpfoxhunt · 12-01-2008, 03:13 PM

Hi,

I have a sony PRS 505. I am also a science student. A few of our lecturers have put books on their websites in PDF form, and I would like to have these, complete with diagrams, on my reader.

My question was basically this: in order to preserve diagrams, I cannot just use pdf reflow. So what are the best settings using calibre to convert something which is text and LatEX (or whatever the mathstype thing is) into a format readable by the sony?

If I just have the PDF's on their own, then they are too small, and there is a lot of empty space on the screen - so I guess a way to just cut the dead space from the pdf's would also work.

Experimenting with the numbers in Calibre, i'm not really sure what i'm doing and don't seem to be ablt to get a result I like.

So, any ideas?

Cheers

Cpfoxhunt

12-01-2008, 03:13 PM	#1
Cpfoxhunt Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2008 Device: still looking	Best Calibre settings to convert Math/Physics textbooks in PDF to LRF? Hi, I have a sony PRS 505. I am also a science student. A few of our lecturers have put books on their websites in PDF form, and I would like to have these, complete with diagrams, on my reader. My question was basically this: in order to preserve diagrams, I cannot just use pdf reflow. So what are the best settings using calibre to convert something which is text and LatEX (or whatever the mathstype thing is) into a format readable by the sony? If I just have the PDF's on their own, then they are too small, and there is a lot of empty space on the screen - so I guess a way to just cut the dead space from the pdf's would also work. Experimenting with the numbers in Calibre, i'm not really sure what i'm doing and don't seem to be ablt to get a result I like. So, any ideas? Cheers Cpfoxhunt