Kindle Touch PDF support

tomsem · 11-30-2011, 03:05 PM

I thought I'd call out the fact that KT has improved PDF support considerably:
-supports PDF bookmaks and hyperlinks-there is a TOC navigator to jump to bookmarks
-double tap toggles fit-to-width zoom, which automatically scrolls to show whatever is cut off by the ftw zoom. This also works with multi-column layouts: in that case, double tap zooms to fit the column width, after which tap advaces down each column, continues to the next column, then to the next page, while retaining the ftw view mode.

If/when they add back orientation option, that will pretty much fulfill my wish list for PDF support on Kindle. Reflow is problematic, at best a last resort thing IMO.

I notice there is no longer any attribution given to Adobe in the licensing statements. They used to license the Adobe RMSDK just for PDF viewing. Perhaps no longer.

SCION · 11-30-2011, 03:31 PM

Good to know. Your post is the first positive thing I've seen about PDFs on the Touch.

tomsem · 11-30-2011, 04:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SCION

Good to know. Your post is the first positive thing I've seen about PDFs on the Touch.

Now if only they would add a similar TOC navigator to the regular reader/viewer. Maybe for KF8? kindle Previewer has one after all...

I wonder if any of this PDF goodness is on the K4? Seems likely to be so.

I neglected to mention that PDF viewer now also supports TTS. So if the text is too small tomread, no problem!

thebestjeter · 12-01-2011, 10:23 AM

Is this true? Can you show us this on a video?

DiapDealer · 12-01-2011, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by thebestjeter

Is this true? Can you show us this on a video?

Judging by how long tomsem has been around here—and the nature of most of his(?) posts during that time... I have absolutely no reason to doubt his description of the Kindle Touch's new PDF capabilities.

thebestjeter · 12-01-2011, 11:21 AM

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Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Judging by how long tomsem has been around here—and the nature of most of his(?) posts during that time... I have absolutely no reason to doubt his description of the Kindle Touch's new PDF capabilities.

I'm not doubting his word.

I just want to see a video.

. Because, apparently, anybody else had realized about that until now.

thebestjeter · 12-07-2011, 10:57 AM

Here's a video showing the Kindle Touch handling PDF files:

tomsem · 12-07-2011, 11:56 AM

The video did not demo hyperlink support, but it is there (if you happen to know the hyperlink is there to tap on). Also, when in fit-to-width mode, page turn gestures are more efficient than dragging/panning.

Otherwise a great overview of KT PDF support, including warts.

11-30-2011, 03:05 PM	#1
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,900 Karma: 27013865 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	Kindle Touch PDF support I thought I'd call out the fact that KT has improved PDF support considerably: -supports PDF bookmaks and hyperlinks-there is a TOC navigator to jump to bookmarks -double tap toggles fit-to-width zoom, which automatically scrolls to show whatever is cut off by the ftw zoom. This also works with multi-column layouts: in that case, double tap zooms to fit the column width, after which tap advaces down each column, continues to the next column, then to the next page, while retaining the ftw view mode. If/when they add back orientation option, that will pretty much fulfill my wish list for PDF support on Kindle. Reflow is problematic, at best a last resort thing IMO. I notice there is no longer any attribution given to Adobe in the licensing statements. They used to license the Adobe RMSDK just for PDF viewing. Perhaps no longer.

12-07-2011, 11:56 AM	#8
tomsem Grand Sorcerer Posts: 6,900 Karma: 27013865 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: USA Device: iPhone 15PM, Kindle Scribe, iPad mini 6, PocketBook InkPad Color 3	The video did not demo hyperlink support, but it is there (if you happen to know the hyperlink is there to tap on). Also, when in fit-to-width mode, page turn gestures are more efficient than dragging/panning. Otherwise a great overview of KT PDF support, including warts. Last edited by tomsem; 12-07-2011 at 12:17 PM.

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11-30-2011, 03:31 PM	#2
SCION Séduisant Posts: 4,706 Karma: 2107018 Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Texas, USA Device: Boox Note Air2+; Kobo Libra2; Kindle Scribe, Oasis3; iPad Mini6	Good to know. Your post is the first positive thing I've seen about PDFs on the Touch.

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thebestjeter Addict Posts: 208 Karma: 757546 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle 3 Wifi and Kindle DX Graphite	Is this true? Can you show us this on a video?

12-07-2011, 10:57 AM	#7
thebestjeter Addict Posts: 208 Karma: 757546 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Kindle 3 Wifi and Kindle DX Graphite	Here's a video showing the Kindle Touch handling PDF files: