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Keloff · 03-24-2010, 10:35 AM

Hi Coral

The Kindle basically zooms out the PDF to fit exactly on the screen. PDF is intended for *exact* layouts, so doesn't work well when you want text to reflow to fit a different display.

Using Calibre I was easily able to view PDF documents in AZW format without glaring formatting errors. I presume Stanza will work as nicely.

Of course, the conversion's success may depend on the content of the PDF -- for instance, are the many images or graphics in it?

03-24-2010, 10:35 AM	#2
Keloff Electronic media explorer Posts: 64 Karma: 169796 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Pretoria, South Africa Device: Kindle (6" Display, Global Wireless, Latest Generation), iPad 2	Hi Coral The Kindle basically zooms out the PDF to fit exactly on the screen. PDF is intended for exact layouts, so doesn't work well when you want text to reflow to fit a different display. Using Calibre I was easily able to view PDF documents in AZW format without glaring formatting errors. I presume Stanza will work as nicely. Of course, the conversion's success may depend on the content of the PDF -- for instance, are the many images or graphics in it?