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R o d · 01-07-2009, 12:26 PM

Thanks for taking a look at the file and rendering an opinion. A couple of follow-up questions, please:

1. In normal size view, is the full pdf page viewable? I realize you may not be able to read Sanskrit, but are the individual characters large enough to read comfortably?

2. When you zoom, as you say, does that cut off text reading left to right? Wouldn't this require you to switch to horizontal mode in order to see a complete line?

3. In horizontal or zoom mode, do you then scroll down to see the continuation of text or is it more like turning a page? How convenient is that? What I'm really getting at here is whether I would be better off with a larger reader so as to avoid scrolling or turning pages in order to read a one page pdf.

4. And finally, I see the term PDF Reflow being used, but I'm not sure what it means. I even saw a YouTube video of it (drown out by an Evanescence song), but for the life of me I couldn't tell what was happening. Could you kindly explain?

Thanks.

01-07-2009, 12:26 PM	#3
R o d Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Kindle Voyage, Nook Simple Touch	Thanks for taking a look at the file and rendering an opinion. A couple of follow-up questions, please: 1. In normal size view, is the full pdf page viewable? I realize you may not be able to read Sanskrit, but are the individual characters large enough to read comfortably? 2. When you zoom, as you say, does that cut off text reading left to right? Wouldn't this require you to switch to horizontal mode in order to see a complete line? 3. In horizontal or zoom mode, do you then scroll down to see the continuation of text or is it more like turning a page? How convenient is that? What I'm really getting at here is whether I would be better off with a larger reader so as to avoid scrolling or turning pages in order to read a one page pdf. 4. And finally, I see the term PDF Reflow being used, but I'm not sure what it means. I even saw a YouTube video of it (drown out by an Evanescence song), but for the life of me I couldn't tell what was happening. Could you kindly explain? Thanks.