08-13-2011, 12:29 PM | #1 |
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Question about a pdf I have
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I recently started to read up on programming in Android and one of the textbooks pdfs I recently got will not function on my reader properly. When I try to read it, it will work fine up until the table of contents, but after that, all of the pages are blank I thought maybe it was a dumb pdf, but then I opened it in PDF to Go and all of the pages were there. May I have some insight on this problem? Is this a common occurrence, or something easily fixed? Thanks in advance guys. |
08-13-2011, 01:17 PM | #2 |
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The only bell this rings is that I vaguely remember reading at some point in the archives people having issues with reading Times New Roman font when converted from microsoft word on the e-ink side. I realize this sounds like a very random issue, but apparently it's combination of something weird in microsoft word and something weird with the e-ink technology.
A couple of disclaimers: I might be mis-characterizing the problem and this may have been something that has been resolved since I read it in the archives. Did you try highlighting the blank pages? I wonder if that would give any indication if the text is there but for some reason unseen, or if there is literally nothing on the pages. |
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08-13-2011, 01:47 PM | #4 |
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You might try running the PDF thru Calibre and converting it to E-Pub.
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If anyone had a solution that did not require converting to epub, that too would be appreciated, but for now this is usable [edit] in addition, is there anyway to sync the books between calibre on my computer and my Edge. I've never used Calibre before becuase it did not need it until now, but I would like to know how to get the most out of it while it is here. Thanks in advance everyone. Last edited by mokel22; 08-13-2011 at 02:38 PM. |
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08-13-2011, 02:41 PM | #6 |
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Try OCR in acrobat. If not then just extract the PDF as images create a new PDF with those images
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08-13-2011, 02:51 PM | #7 |
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Had exactly the same problem, and, probably, the same book. Also tried to convert to epub. Someone said there is a problem with pdf release - like newer tag - can be fixed with Adobe software. The only more-or-less acceptible solution on PE is ezPDF, which is on a wrong side of the road. I pretty much gave up reading pdfs on PE, or any small ereader for that matter.
[edit]Using calibre all the time - it recognizes eDGe. The only issue (for me) calibre saves all books under /sdcard/download and doesn't allow to use SD card. Last edited by ptsenter; 08-13-2011 at 02:57 PM. |
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- is there some sort of DRM involved? This may be unlikely because you can convert with Calibre. - can you read all the pages on a PC? If so then it might be the original PDF is saved using a version incompatible with the edge reader software (there used to be a 'colorspace' problem that would mess up older third party readers on Linux and OS/2). If the second option is true then try saving the PDF as one compatible with Acrobat 5. Something I should have asked - which book is it? I'll see if I can get it and have a look at the problem. |
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Android programming book? Is it free? I'd like a copy if it is...
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Thanks for the help guys. I do not have Acrobat, so those options are out. I might try to extract all of the pages as Images and put it back together again as suggested using open source pdf manipulators. In addition, thank you for the help with Calibre, I'm going to sync up the rest of my books now and try to get a nice little organized library up. I'll be back with the results of the image extraction method.
[edit] It appears that nothing wants to work with this file because it was made in Acrobat 9 or something stupid like that, on that note I'll continue trying things. Last edited by mokel22; 08-14-2011 at 01:38 PM. |
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I'll just deal with the epub and use ezpdf when i'm not reading outside. Thank you though Ivanjt.
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Good luck with Calibre, Mokel! I think it's a terrific program, and I'm not alone!
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