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Originally Posted by groosh
The converting sizes of pdf's worked great. I have a further question. How about converting a txt file to something optimized to read on the sony?
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If there are no graphics in the file, I have found that RTF is quick and simple. It is resizable through the font button (S-M-L) and the Sony performs a type of compression so its doesn't take up that much storage space.
Stingo wrote a macro (click on the Wiki in the top right of the screen and select conversion) that runs in MS Word that removes the line breaks assuming that the original TXT file had double returns (i.e.: blank line) between paragraphs. Most do although some indent the first line with either a series of spaces or a tab character and those are easy enough to change to double returns. You can also set the Title and Author in the File|Properties section so it will show up correctly in the Book and Author listings.
RTF does not provide a Table of Contents or chapter headings. For that you may want to look into a product that creates LRF files. (That's the Sony BBeB format with any Digital Rights Management or DRM.) All of the books in the MobileRead Sony Uploads section are this format. The two tools that seem to be used the most are BookDesigner and linprs500 (which has a component called html2lrf.) Links to both of these can also be found on the Wiki conversion page.
Harry has written a great conversion guide using BookDesigner that can be found in the
forums.
Good luck and don't be afraid to ask for more help.