Thread: PRS-600 disappointed with pdf docs
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Old 10-30-2009, 07:09 PM   #20
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Originally Posted by Grandma Aubbie View Post
I now have a number of PDF documents on my Reader.

The funny thing is that some of them reflow perfectly - while others do not. They reflow right in the middle of a word.

These are not DRM protected, so I can copy and paste them into Word documents then import them into the reader. BUT, I don't understand why some work and some don't.

Just the curious in me. I suspect this has been discussed elsewhere, but I wasn't able to find it - so a link to the discussion would be helpful.

Thanks!
It's down to tags. PDFs can carry invisible xml tags that define the structure of the document (headings, paragraphs, tables etc.). If those tags have been properly inserted at creation then it will reflow correctly. If not, then the reader has no information beyond the raw positional data.
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