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Originally Posted by artemisblossom
I want to add a document to my 505 can anyone tell me what format it would be best to write it in and if I need to convert it into something else before I can upload it to the reader.
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I'd recommend PDF as the final ebook format. When creating ebooks for my reader, I use StarOffice 8.0 (the proprietary version of OpenOffice.org that was released by Sun) which has the ability to create PDFs. I do the following when creating an ebook for my reader:
- Format, and save the ebook as an OpenDocument text file. I make sure the page format (width and height) is the same as the screen of my ebook reader, and I set the margins as small as possible (0.2").
- Export the ebook as a PDF.
- Load the PDF on my ebook using the eBook Library software.
If I want to edit the ebook, I just open the OpenDocument file, edit it, and then export it again as a PDF.
The advantage of creating ebooks this way is that it gives me complete control over the formatting of my ebook, and when I do a page preview of my ebook I can see exactly how it will look on my ebook reader (including the size of the fonts, where the page and line breaks will fall, and the total number of pages). It allows me to easily identify formatting problems so I can correct them. Also, with the use of styles, it is very easy to make mass formatting changes to my ebooks (such as making the text of the main body of the document larger or changing its typeface).
In this case, the main disadvantage I've experienced with PDFs is that the file size is usually much larger than the other formats (my experience has been that it tends to be double the size of an RTF). But for me, the degree of control over an ebook's format is worth the larger file size. Also, the OpenDocument text file (which is a compressed file) is much smaller than the RTF file (my experience has been that it is less than 1/2 the size of the RTF), and as long as you have the OpenDocument file, you can easily recreate the PDF.
I hope you find this useful.