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Old 08-23-2009, 08:52 AM   #53
Steven Lyle Jordan
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Originally Posted by Elfwreck View Post
PDF, as you've noticed, is problematic. One way around that is to design PDFs for the six-inch ebook screen, but 3.5x4.5" (90x120mm) pages are difficult to work with, if you're not used to them.
More important than that, I think, is to set your PDF generator to create "tagged" PDFs (in the print options box, check ISO 19005-1 compliant, or PDF/A). Tagged PDFs can reflow on quality non-standard-sized PDF readers, and that often solves the multiple-screen-size issue (3.5x4.5" isn't the only size out there... formatting for that will only serve to tick off those with other screen sizes). Tagged PDFs largely solve the margins issue, because the screen will reflow the text and adjust the margins (or remove them) accordingly.

I can (and often do) read a tagged PDF, originally created in letter size with margins, on my iPaq PDA with no trouble, thanks to reflowing. The file size will be larger, but the quality is well worth it.
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