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nerys · 08-31-2007, 03:17 AM

Ok I had some PDF they were just text so to make life easier I opened them in acrobat and did a save as and changed to RTF. No problem saved it dumped it to the memory stick stuck it in the player.

Almost all the files do not work. I select a book it does its "formatting" thing but when its done it still shows total pages as ZERO and if I try to select begin reading anyway the reader reboots.

Suggestions? how do I tell what is goofy with these files? I do not have nor want sony connect software installed. I just dump my files onto the memory card and go on my way.

How do I tell what is "goofy" about these files thats ticking off my reader?

Update - if I save as txt and then open txt and saver as RTF it works fine but I lose too much formatting namely the vertical spacing between paragraphs which makes it way to hard to read.

so something I am losing in the conversion fixes it I need to figure out what it is so I can get rid of it without converting to txt and losing the formatting.

Thanks!
Chris Taylor
http://www.nerys.com/

08-31-2007, 03:17 AM	#1
nerys Addict Posts: 243 Karma: 48 Join Date: Dec 2006 Device: PRS 500 - REB 1200	Problem Reading RTF how to even begin to diagnose?? Ok I had some PDF they were just text so to make life easier I opened them in acrobat and did a save as and changed to RTF. No problem saved it dumped it to the memory stick stuck it in the player. Almost all the files do not work. I select a book it does its "formatting" thing but when its done it still shows total pages as ZERO and if I try to select begin reading anyway the reader reboots. Suggestions? how do I tell what is goofy with these files? I do not have nor want sony connect software installed. I just dump my files onto the memory card and go on my way. How do I tell what is "goofy" about these files thats ticking off my reader? Update - if I save as txt and then open txt and saver as RTF it works fine but I lose too much formatting namely the vertical spacing between paragraphs which makes it way to hard to read. so something I am losing in the conversion fixes it I need to figure out what it is so I can get rid of it without converting to txt and losing the formatting. Thanks! Chris Taylor http://www.nerys.com/ Last edited by nerys; 08-31-2007 at 03:43 AM.