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pitolee · 04-13-2007, 01:57 AM

Have not yet received my Reader - it's sitting in the head office waiting for a mule...so my question is based on using the Connect software.

When I import RTF or TXT into Connect they seem to come in with acceptable formatting. RTF links and images seem to be maintained.

Quite often when bringing the same rtf or txt file into Book Designer it took some effort to get the format to a similar point.

One problem was that I was using WORD. I noticed that if I had opened the document in WORD for editing that the auto-correct functions changed the quotes to smart-quotes and did something to apostrophes. Even if i converted the file to txt after that it there would be some characters that would show up strangely in BD. Even changing the encoding in BD did not resolve that. Finally I turned off all the auto-correcting functions in WORD.

Another issue/feature is the auto-conversion routines in BD. The RTF document is transformed by BD (seems to make a HTML doc before finishing the conversion). As a result of this conversion it may take me ten or fifteen minutes per document to smooth it out.

It puzzles me that I can import it looking OK into Connect, but not into BD.

I have noticed a 3:1 or higher reduction in file size after conversion to LRF. So my benefits of making it LRF include having the format to my tastes and the smaller file size.

My questions are:

1. Do LRFs with standard fonts flip pages faster than RTFs?

2. Other than file size, what are the downsides of importing and reading RTF or TXT files into the reader?

3. Are there suggestions on pre-processing an RTF file in WORD or other word processor to make the conversion into BD smoother and faster?

Thanks!

04-13-2007, 01:57 AM	#1
pitolee Connoisseur Posts: 55 Karma: 23 Join Date: Apr 2007 Device: Sony eReader	RTF and TXT compared to LRF? Have not yet received my Reader - it's sitting in the head office waiting for a mule...so my question is based on using the Connect software. When I import RTF or TXT into Connect they seem to come in with acceptable formatting. RTF links and images seem to be maintained. Quite often when bringing the same rtf or txt file into Book Designer it took some effort to get the format to a similar point. One problem was that I was using WORD. I noticed that if I had opened the document in WORD for editing that the auto-correct functions changed the quotes to smart-quotes and did something to apostrophes. Even if i converted the file to txt after that it there would be some characters that would show up strangely in BD. Even changing the encoding in BD did not resolve that. Finally I turned off all the auto-correcting functions in WORD. Another issue/feature is the auto-conversion routines in BD. The RTF document is transformed by BD (seems to make a HTML doc before finishing the conversion). As a result of this conversion it may take me ten or fifteen minutes per document to smooth it out. It puzzles me that I can import it looking OK into Connect, but not into BD. I have noticed a 3:1 or higher reduction in file size after conversion to LRF. So my benefits of making it LRF include having the format to my tastes and the smaller file size. My questions are: 1. Do LRFs with standard fonts flip pages faster than RTFs? 2. Other than file size, what are the downsides of importing and reading RTF or TXT files into the reader? 3. Are there suggestions on pre-processing an RTF file in WORD or other word processor to make the conversion into BD smoother and faster? Thanks!