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Crono · 10-03-2006, 10:12 AM

Hi All,

I'm playing around with the Reader and so far it's working great. I'm still playing with the pdf's (they come out small) but the txt and rtf files come out nice and legible.

There's one thing I noticed though that doesn't bother me but I'm just curious about. I'll take a book scan in text format. The formatting looks fine (all the paragraphs and spaces are in the right place) in Word. When I load it onto the Reader the formatting comes out different. This is extremely hard for me to describe so I'll try to demonstate.

Here is a paragrapgh I took from Wikipedia describing Starship Troopers:

The first-person narrative is about a young Filipino soldier named Juan "Johnnie" Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry, a futuristic military unit equipped with powered armor. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an insectoid species known as "the Bugs." Through Rico's eyes, Heinlein examines moral and philosophical aspects of suffrage, civic virtue, necessity of war, capital punishment, and juvenile delinquency.

If I load it on the Reader it comes out like this:

The first-person narrative is about a young Filipino
soldier named Juan "Johnnie" Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry, a futuristic military unit equipped with powered armor.
Rico's military career progresses from recruit to
non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between
mankind and an insectoid species known as "the Bugs." Through Rico's eyes, Heinlein examines moral and philosophical aspects of
suffrage, civic virtue, necessity of war, capital punishment, and juvenile delinquency.

See how the sentence gets cut off and goes to the next line all of a sudden? I hope I explained this clear enough. I'm horrible at this.

This happens in rtf format as well. Do I have to play around with the Page Layout settings? I know where that is in Word but would anyone know where I can find this in OpenOffice?

Thanks for your time all.

-C

10-03-2006, 10:12 AM	#1
Crono Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2006	Formatting looks off on txt and rtf files Hi All, I'm playing around with the Reader and so far it's working great. I'm still playing with the pdf's (they come out small) but the txt and rtf files come out nice and legible. There's one thing I noticed though that doesn't bother me but I'm just curious about. I'll take a book scan in text format. The formatting looks fine (all the paragraphs and spaces are in the right place) in Word. When I load it onto the Reader the formatting comes out different. This is extremely hard for me to describe so I'll try to demonstate. Here is a paragrapgh I took from Wikipedia describing Starship Troopers: The first-person narrative is about a young Filipino soldier named Juan "Johnnie" Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry, a futuristic military unit equipped with powered armor. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an insectoid species known as "the Bugs." Through Rico's eyes, Heinlein examines moral and philosophical aspects of suffrage, civic virtue, necessity of war, capital punishment, and juvenile delinquency. If I load it on the Reader it comes out like this: The first-person narrative is about a young Filipino soldier named Juan "Johnnie" Rico and his exploits in the Mobile Infantry, a futuristic military unit equipped with powered armor. Rico's military career progresses from recruit to non-commissioned officer and finally to officer against the backdrop of an interstellar war between mankind and an insectoid species known as "the Bugs." Through Rico's eyes, Heinlein examines moral and philosophical aspects of suffrage, civic virtue, necessity of war, capital punishment, and juvenile delinquency. See how the sentence gets cut off and goes to the next line all of a sudden? I hope I explained this clear enough. I'm horrible at this. This happens in rtf format as well. Do I have to play around with the Page Layout settings? I know where that is in Word but would anyone know where I can find this in OpenOffice? Thanks for your time all. -C