Acrobat Professional ==> Sony Reader - Page 2

new · 07-30-2009, 01:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elfwreck

Acrobat

CROP
When I'm in a hurry, I just crop the pages to remove whitespace. Control-Shift-T opens the crop dialogue; I first go to a page that has the main body of the text so I know I'm not cropping out anything useful. I crop to remove the headers & footers, if any; I don't need the book title & page number showing on the Reader. (It'll show the page number anyway.) It's generally more important to crop top & bottom than sides, because most books are taller than the proportions of the Reader.

So I crop top & bottom to as close to the text as possible, and crop the sides in a little bit but don't worry about how close, because I know there's going to be extra whitespace on the sides anyway.

Okay I did the first step, but their were options on that page, was I suppose to change any of those?

Elfwreck · 07-30-2009, 01:48 AM

Sample crop instructions, with full details.

Book: Magic For Beginners, by Kelly Link, released under CC license; more filetypes available at http://www.lcrw.net/kellylink/mfb/index.htm

Open book. Flip to find first full page of content... page 18 of the PDF. (Which says it's page 25, which means the PDF has removed the blank pages that exist in the print edition.)

Control-shift-T to open crop dialogue. It's already cropped .375" all around; this is common in PDFs created for print & later released as free ebooks. Change crop settings to be as close as possible to top & bottom of main text, and remove side margins:
Top 1.25"
Bottom 1.5"
Left .85"
Right .85"
(Resulting page size is 4.967" x 6.917")

Check "Page Range" area--I want everything from the first page, so where it says "From 18 to 18 of 223, I change it to "From 2 to 223 of 223." Make sure "Even and Odd Pages" is selected.

Click Okay.

Save-as (Ctrl-shift-S) to write over original file.

Quick scroll through to see problems... whups, last few pages are formatted differently; final page is book wrapper. Want to fix those. (I could just ignore those; it's not like I'm going to read the press release announcements. But I like my PDFs to be readable.)

Go to page 220, open crop format. Put 220-223 back to the .375" all around crop (removing that puts in the printer margins).

Save as again. (I'd add tags before transferring to Reader, but that part's optional.)

new · 07-31-2009, 03:25 PM

Thanks Elfreck I will give that a try when I get back to the Windows computer. Thanks for your help.

If I do just that in Adobe Prof cropping, do I still need to convert to Word? I would like to have larger type, as I have poor eyesight

Do I still have to use my Sony styles sheet page in the Adobe Prof when I crop?

I want quick and easy, but the main thing is I don't want floating page number or headers and cropping is one step I will do. Also I want large print then I would not have to convert in Calibre right?

Thanks alot.

Elfwreck · 07-31-2009, 03:33 PM

Cropping will make the text appear a little bigger, but not much. Whether that's big enough depends on the original PDF layout, and your preferences.

Adding tags will make reflow work better (but not perfect), and that'll allow the larger text options. For most PDFs, I get by with cropping & adding tags. I read the cropped version during the day, and switch to M or L view in the evening when I'm dealing with less light.

For really good control over the appearance, if you don't like how the cropped version shows up in the Sony Reader, you have to convert it. (Converting it through Calibre will remove all formatting--bold & italics--and images.)

KACartlidge · 08-03-2009, 08:34 AM

It needs plain text files as input, but if you're putting things in Word anyway then saving them out as plain text is trivial. There's a chance it won't be what you want, but it's free from my site (www.kacartlidge.com) so there's no danger of losing out by giving it a go.

It formats it for the Sony PRS505 as default and produces very readable text. You may need to tell it the title and author, plus where the chapters start (it sometimes spots them itself), but once you've done it (and it's really easy) you can get a PDF anytime from the resulting file, any size, any font at the click of a button. With metadata for filing on the Reader and a table of contents from your chapters.

Even if you don't like the output page/font sizes, you could glance at the PDF properties to see what works well for you, tweak and regenerate as you like.

curtw · 08-03-2009, 01:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pablo

Greg,
Welcome to Mobileread. Apart from Elfwreck's super post, you can check this guide published by Sony: www.sonystyle.ca/html/pdf/reader_createPDF.pdf on how to create pdf's for the reader.

Edit:

Sorry, the link doesn't work anymore. The same document can be found here in Mobileread somewhere.....

Link is working today. Get it again while you can!

08-03-2009, 08:34 AM	#20
KACartlidge Author Posts: 12 Karma: 24 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: Sony Reader PR505	You could try my free eBookPDF software It needs plain text files as input, but if you're putting things in Word anyway then saving them out as plain text is trivial. There's a chance it won't be what you want, but it's free from my site (www.kacartlidge.com) so there's no danger of losing out by giving it a go. It formats it for the Sony PRS505 as default and produces very readable text. You may need to tell it the title and author, plus where the chapters start (it sometimes spots them itself), but once you've done it (and it's really easy) you can get a PDF anytime from the resulting file, any size, any font at the click of a button. With metadata for filing on the Reader and a table of contents from your chapters. Even if you don't like the output page/font sizes, you could glance at the PDF properties to see what works well for you, tweak and regenerate as you like.

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07-30-2009, 01:48 AM	#17
Elfwreck Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,187 Karma: 25133758 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, California, USA Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3 (Past: Kobo Mini, PEZ, PRS-505, Clié)	Sample crop instructions, with full details. Book: Magic For Beginners, by Kelly Link, released under CC license; more filetypes available at http://www.lcrw.net/kellylink/mfb/index.htm Open book. Flip to find first full page of content... page 18 of the PDF. (Which says it's page 25, which means the PDF has removed the blank pages that exist in the print edition.) Control-shift-T to open crop dialogue. It's already cropped .375" all around; this is common in PDFs created for print & later released as free ebooks. Change crop settings to be as close as possible to top & bottom of main text, and remove side margins: Top 1.25" Bottom 1.5" Left .85" Right .85" (Resulting page size is 4.967" x 6.917") Check "Page Range" area--I want everything from the first page, so where it says "From 18 to 18 of 223, I change it to "From 2 to 223 of 223." Make sure "Even and Odd Pages" is selected. Click Okay. Save-as (Ctrl-shift-S) to write over original file. Quick scroll through to see problems... whups, last few pages are formatted differently; final page is book wrapper. Want to fix those. (I could just ignore those; it's not like I'm going to read the press release announcements. But I like my PDFs to be readable.) Go to page 220, open crop format. Put 220-223 back to the .375" all around crop (removing that puts in the printer margins). Save as again. (I'd add tags before transferring to Reader, but that part's optional.)

07-31-2009, 03:25 PM	#18
new K3, K4B, KDX, KFHD, PW1&2 Posts: 704 Karma: 3000002 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: USA Device: K3, K4B, KDX3G, KFHD, PW1, PW2	Thanks Elfreck I will give that a try when I get back to the Windows computer. Thanks for your help. If I do just that in Adobe Prof cropping, do I still need to convert to Word? I would like to have larger type, as I have poor eyesight Do I still have to use my Sony styles sheet page in the Adobe Prof when I crop? I want quick and easy, but the main thing is I don't want floating page number or headers and cropping is one step I will do. Also I want large print then I would not have to convert in Calibre right? Thanks alot.

07-31-2009, 03:33 PM	#19
Elfwreck Grand Sorcerer Posts: 5,187 Karma: 25133758 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, California, USA Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3 (Past: Kobo Mini, PEZ, PRS-505, Clié)	Cropping will make the text appear a little bigger, but not much. Whether that's big enough depends on the original PDF layout, and your preferences. Adding tags will make reflow work better (but not perfect), and that'll allow the larger text options. For most PDFs, I get by with cropping & adding tags. I read the cropped version during the day, and switch to M or L view in the evening when I'm dealing with less light. For really good control over the appearance, if you don't like how the cropped version shows up in the Sony Reader, you have to convert it. (Converting it through Calibre will remove all formatting--bold & italics--and images.)

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