improving PDF reading

anacreon · 09-19-2016, 07:18 AM

Since I have the One, I've started to read PDFs I'd given up on, but with Kobo's very poor treatment it remains annoying. So, exploring Acrobat pro, I found a nifty quick way to crop all pages within the range of my choice (I worked on a copy). I kept the page number inside my crop.

It is already better, but not ideal since on the Kobo the footer adds a big space at the bottom. There is no added header which is good.

I know I could go the full-page way, but I hate it for kepubs. I tried disabling the extended kobo features but it had no impact. And I tried zooming, but the minimum step available is still too big to have my full cropped page.

I've looked at Geoffr's patches, but they apparently concern only epubs and kepubs, and I want the footer for kepubs anyway.

I am looking for a way to seriously reduce or eliminate footers for PDFs, and only for PDFs. Any idea?

pickyaxe · 09-19-2016, 07:48 AM

did you read this?

frostschutz · 09-19-2016, 08:04 AM

You just have to crop (or: add margins) such that it's a perfect fit when you zoom.

anacreon · 09-19-2016, 08:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pickyaxe

did you read this?

Just read it, was surprised he managed a 5% zoom, found one of those pen with a soft top made for capacitive and it worked! Now I can read Pound's Cantos just tapping back and forth between the pages (I have Geoffr's no pan/no map on), one page the content of one page in my old hardback book.

oren64 · 09-19-2016, 08:47 AM

I recommend k2pdfopt\MR, you probably need to set the KA1 resolution.

09-19-2016, 07:18 AM	#1
anacreon Guru Posts: 976 Karma: 3475832 Join Date: May 2012 Location: France Device: Elipsa, Sage, Libra 2	improving PDF reading Since I have the One, I've started to read PDFs I'd given up on, but with Kobo's very poor treatment it remains annoying. So, exploring Acrobat pro, I found a nifty quick way to crop all pages within the range of my choice (I worked on a copy). I kept the page number inside my crop. It is already better, but not ideal since on the Kobo the footer adds a big space at the bottom. There is no added header which is good. I know I could go the full-page way, but I hate it for kepubs. I tried disabling the extended kobo features but it had no impact. And I tried zooming, but the minimum step available is still too big to have my full cropped page. I've looked at Geoffr's patches, but they apparently concern only epubs and kepubs, and I want the footer for kepubs anyway. I am looking for a way to seriously reduce or eliminate footers for PDFs, and only for PDFs. Any idea? Last edited by anacreon; 09-19-2016 at 08:40 AM.

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09-19-2016, 07:48 AM	#2
pickyaxe Addict Posts: 288 Karma: 3762916 Join Date: Nov 2011 Device: none	did you read this?

09-19-2016, 08:04 AM	#3
frostschutz Linux User Posts: 2,282 Karma: 6123806 Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Heidelberg, Germany Device: none	You just have to crop (or: add margins) such that it's a perfect fit when you zoom.

09-19-2016, 08:47 AM	#5
oren64 I need a chapter break Posts: 4,042 Karma: 56058267 Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Israel Device: Kobo Glo	I recommend k2pdfopt\MR, you probably need to set the KA1 resolution.

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