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Old 06-04-2010, 02:17 PM   #12
Ron46
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Mazer- Open Office has a word processor (called Writer) with a save to pdf selection. It is available for free for Windows and for Linux. Open any txt file in Writer and go to format/page and change the page size dimensions to what your reader screen is- something like 3"x5". You have to narrow the margins as well to 0.3" left, 0.2" other three sides (or so). (If you get an error, it is related to your printer driver, so ignore it- you are not going to print it so you don't care about your printer margins.) Then select all and change the font to whatever you want, justify the text etc. and save to pdf. Try it on the reader and tweak as needed. You can get similar results to the photos in my previous post. The benefit of creating the pdf from a page size matching the reader is that you do not have to use any zoom functions to read the text. Most pre-made pdfs are not so good because they are all made from the default 8 1/2 x 11 page size.

I can give you the exact numbers if you want, but I have to go to my other system to get them. This will get you started and a little tweaking is easy- you just have to re-generate the pdf each time till you get it right. Then save the word processor file, delete the text, and just keep re-using it by pasting in new text and save with a new name.

Last edited by Ron46; 06-04-2010 at 02:33 PM. Reason: clarifications
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