Problems with pdfs - Page 2

HarryT · 01-07-2007, 04:10 AM

That's right. The Reader natively supports RTF but not DOC. If you try to transfer a DOC file to the Reader, Connect tries to run Word to convert the file from DOC to RTF. Word isn't involved in any way if you transfer an RTF file directly.

hn_88 · 01-07-2007, 06:56 AM

I don't have Word installed on the machine which has Connect installed, and Connect crashes if I try to drag and drop RTF into either Library or the Reader. Possibly some subset of RTF files may work without Word. I'm going to try transferring files without Connect, using the PRSUtils from the Reader Developer's Corner of this forum. Will post on the results.

HarryT · 01-07-2007, 08:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hn_88

Possibly some subset of RTF files may work without Word.

Word is not involved in any way, shape, or form, when you're dealing with RTF files in Connect, honestly! As an experiment, I've just installed Connect on a laptop which doesn't have Office on it, and copied a dozen random RTF files to the Reader. Absolutely no problem at all.

If Connect is crashing when you try to transfer RTF files there's some other reason for it. Word has nothing to do with it.

hn_88 · 01-12-2007, 12:34 AM

OK - thanks. Maybe the RTF files I had were not compatible with the Connect sw in some way, I suppose... created by opening doc files in wordpad and saving as RTF. Anyway, PRSUtil is working for me for xferring RTF files to the reader without any problems.

01-07-2007, 06:56 AM	#17
hn_88 Connoisseur Posts: 51 Karma: 158 Join Date: Jan 2007 Device: Sony Reader PRS-500	I don't have Word installed on the machine which has Connect installed, and Connect crashes if I try to drag and drop RTF into either Library or the Reader. Possibly some subset of RTF files may work without Word. I'm going to try transferring files without Connect, using the PRSUtils from the Reader Developer's Corner of this forum. Will post on the results. Last edited by hn_88; 01-07-2007 at 07:01 AM.

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01-07-2007, 04:10 AM	#16
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	That's right. The Reader natively supports RTF but not DOC. If you try to transfer a DOC file to the Reader, Connect tries to run Word to convert the file from DOC to RTF. Word isn't involved in any way if you transfer an RTF file directly.

01-12-2007, 12:34 AM	#19
hn_88 Connoisseur Posts: 51 Karma: 158 Join Date: Jan 2007 Device: Sony Reader PRS-500	OK - thanks. Maybe the RTF files I had were not compatible with the Connect sw in some way, I suppose... created by opening doc files in wordpad and saving as RTF. Anyway, PRSUtil is working for me for xferring RTF files to the reader without any problems.

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