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roger64 · 10-15-2009, 02:51 AM

I think life without Word could be possible.

When I have to deal with a PDF book in A4 size, I usually try these ways:
- Using Acrobat to save as HTML 4.0
If it fails because of rights, of badly formatted text or whatever, then...
- Using FineReader 9 to save as HTML 4.0

The first one is the best because I get a perfect output (with an xml hypertext table ) but the second one is quite satisfying too though longer.

After that, I insert the HTML output in a specially designed OpenOffice model with Sony 9x12 cm format. Usually I have a little tweaking to do, like changing the main font to suit my habits (using the "Stylist" or F11 and right-click, then "modify"), checking these images bigger than the screen size...

Then I export it like a PDF and I modify the metadata with a special freeware program (not Calibre...) and upload directly to my Reader. I know there are other good choices for this last step, like using calibre to get an epub...

10-15-2009, 02:51 AM	#8
roger64 Wizard Posts: 2,625 Karma: 3120635 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Kindle PW3 (wifi)	I think life without Word could be possible. When I have to deal with a PDF book in A4 size, I usually try these ways: - Using Acrobat to save as HTML 4.0 If it fails because of rights, of badly formatted text or whatever, then... - Using FineReader 9 to save as HTML 4.0 The first one is the best because I get a perfect output (with an xml hypertext table ) but the second one is quite satisfying too though longer. After that, I insert the HTML output in a specially designed OpenOffice model with Sony 9x12 cm format. Usually I have a little tweaking to do, like changing the main font to suit my habits (using the "Stylist" or F11 and right-click, then "modify"), checking these images bigger than the screen size... Then I export it like a PDF and I modify the metadata with a special freeware program (not Calibre...) and upload directly to my Reader. I know there are other good choices for this last step, like using calibre to get an epub... Last edited by roger64; 10-15-2009 at 06:41 AM.