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Patricia · 05-09-2009, 09:15 PM

It should read text files.
According to our wiki (and the Sony blurb):
"Book formats supported are PDF (including reflow and DRM), ePUB, TXT, RTF, LRF, & LRX. "
https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/PRS505

I use the Sony software to load files into the reader. Calibre also works. I'm afraid that I've never used any other method.
It occurs to me that a brand-new reader just might need charging first.

Text files will load, but they won't look good. This is because text files have hard line breaks, which will lead to some very strange breaks on the screen. It is very easy to convert the text file into a reflowable Doc or RTF. Here's two ways:

Paste the text file into a word document. Save it.
Open Find and Replace (In the “Edit” menu). You need to make three passes with it.
1. Find ^p^p (i.e. find two paragraph marks. The symbols are in More then Special. The paragraph mark is at the top of the list.). Replace with @ (These act as placeholders to preserve the real paragraphs.)
2. Now, for the second pass, find ^p (single paragraph mark). Replace with a single space.
3. Finally, for the third pass, find @ and replace with either a single paragraph mark, or two paragraph marks if you prefer an empty line between paragraphs.
Then save as a doc or as an rtf and load into your reader.

or use

Stingo’s Word Macro
This does a good job at removing the hard line breaks in text files and making a reflowable document. It also sets the font to Times New Roman, point 14. Once installed, it is very easy to use. Paste your text file into a word document. Save the Doc and run the macro.
You can find it here, together with instructions on how to install it:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8793
(The only time this has ever given me trouble was when I failed to save the doc before running the macro. It crashed.)

05-09-2009, 09:15 PM	#6
Patricia Reader Posts: 11,504 Karma: 8720163 Join Date: May 2007 Location: South Wales, UK Device: Sony PRS-500, PRS-505, Asus EEEpc 4G	It should read text files. According to our wiki (and the Sony blurb): "Book formats supported are PDF (including reflow and DRM), ePUB, TXT, RTF, LRF, & LRX. " https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/PRS505 I use the Sony software to load files into the reader. Calibre also works. I'm afraid that I've never used any other method. It occurs to me that a brand-new reader just might need charging first. Text files will load, but they won't look good. This is because text files have hard line breaks, which will lead to some very strange breaks on the screen. It is very easy to convert the text file into a reflowable Doc or RTF. Here's two ways: Paste the text file into a word document. Save it. Open Find and Replace (In the “Edit” menu). You need to make three passes with it. 1. Find ^p^p (i.e. find two paragraph marks. The symbols are in More then Special. The paragraph mark is at the top of the list.). Replace with @ (These act as placeholders to preserve the real paragraphs.) 2. Now, for the second pass, find ^p (single paragraph mark). Replace with a single space. 3. Finally, for the third pass, find @ and replace with either a single paragraph mark, or two paragraph marks if you prefer an empty line between paragraphs. Then save as a doc or as an rtf and load into your reader. or use Stingo’s Word Macro This does a good job at removing the hard line breaks in text files and making a reflowable document. It also sets the font to Times New Roman, point 14. Once installed, it is very easy to use. Paste your text file into a word document. Save the Doc and run the macro. You can find it here, together with instructions on how to install it: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8793 (The only time this has ever given me trouble was when I failed to save the doc before running the macro. It crashed.)