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kacir · 05-31-2007, 07:58 AM

You can create simple rtf file for reading. You do not need any conversion software and weird lrf files. You wil need conversion SW to get text from lit files, however.

Just paste the text into MSWord, MSWrite, OpenOffice.org, Kwrite, abiword, WordPerfect or any other decent word processor, set page margins to some small number (like 0.05mm), change font to Arial (Helvetica on some systems) or Times New Roman and save the file as rtf file.
You might also want to set the "author" and "Title" fields somewhere in the document properties. The Reader will use those data to display info. Otherwise it will use file name.

Experiment with different formating of paragraphs, fonts, font sizes, margins and other things until you find combination that is the most pleasing to you.
It is really worth your time and effort. You will look at this page layout for hundreds of hours in the future ;-)

I personally prefer page margins 0.1mm, font Arial or Helvetica (the reader will use its "sans serif" (or "serif" if you use times new roman or suchlike) built-in font anyway), font size 16 points, space after patahraph 0.2mm First line Indent 0.4mm. That is it. *TO ME* this looks much better than books from the Sonny Connect store. I get also much more text on one screen this way, so I do not have to turn pages that often.

Please do not take the memory card out while you have book displayed. Even if you switch off the reader. Always go the to menu, switch off the Reader, take out the card, load some rtf, pdf, txt, mp3, or jpg files on it using card reader (available for less than 10 bucks), pop the card back in, switch on the reader and wait until it looks at the card and indexes it.
If you have a book open while you take out the card, you might be unable to start the reader - that is a VERY scary feeling, believe me ;-) . Do not despair. Just take a bent paperclip and reset the Reader by pressing the reset switch located in a tiny hole at the back of the reader.

When you open a newly loaded book (if you use card to load books and not the CONNECT software) you might need to wait while reader processes the rtf file. It does not take that long.

Please remember you do not *have* to buy books from the connect store. There are quite a lot of books for download on this forum, there is "project guttenberg", Baen Free library (and Baen shop for drm-free SciFi books), and countless other book sources on the net.

05-31-2007, 07:58 AM	#14
kacir Wizard Posts: 3,463 Karma: 10684861 Join Date: May 2006 Device: PocketBook 360, before it was Sony Reader, cassiopeia A-20	You can create simple rtf file for reading. You do not need any conversion software and weird lrf files. You wil need conversion SW to get text from lit files, however. Just paste the text into MSWord, MSWrite, OpenOffice.org, Kwrite, abiword, WordPerfect or any other decent word processor, set page margins to some small number (like 0.05mm), change font to Arial (Helvetica on some systems) or Times New Roman and save the file as rtf file. You might also want to set the "author" and "Title" fields somewhere in the document properties. The Reader will use those data to display info. Otherwise it will use file name. Experiment with different formating of paragraphs, fonts, font sizes, margins and other things until you find combination that is the most pleasing to you. It is really worth your time and effort. You will look at this page layout for hundreds of hours in the future ;-) I personally prefer page margins 0.1mm, font Arial or Helvetica (the reader will use its "sans serif" (or "serif" if you use times new roman or suchlike) built-in font anyway), font size 16 points, space after patahraph 0.2mm First line Indent 0.4mm. That is it. TO ME this looks much better than books from the Sonny Connect store. I get also much more text on one screen this way, so I do not have to turn pages that often. Please do not take the memory card out while you have book displayed. Even if you switch off the reader. Always go the to menu, switch off the Reader, take out the card, load some rtf, pdf, txt, mp3, or jpg files on it using card reader (available for less than 10 bucks), pop the card back in, switch on the reader and wait until it looks at the card and indexes it. If you have a book open while you take out the card, you might be unable to start the reader - that is a VERY scary feeling, believe me ;-) . Do not despair. Just take a bent paperclip and reset the Reader by pressing the reset switch located in a tiny hole at the back of the reader. When you open a newly loaded book (if you use card to load books and not the CONNECT software) you might need to wait while reader processes the rtf file. It does not take that long. Please remember you do not have to buy books from the connect store. There are quite a lot of books for download on this forum, there is "project guttenberg", Baen Free library (and Baen shop for drm-free SciFi books), and countless other book sources on the net.