PDF reflowing for reading

ernieh · 01-27-2022, 06:30 AM

As PDFs are no longer common for ordinary eBooks it is only recently that this problem raised its head again. Seems that a decent reflow function is unusual, only my Pocket Book does a decent job of it. Most readers and reader programs just fit the width of a pdf but you have to scroll the vertical overflow page by page instead of just next paging. Funnily enough many years ago had a Cooler that also handled it correctly, wonder if Pocket Books and Coolers share a common heritage...
It also seems that most eBook software falls over on really large Pdfs, say in excess of 50 mb. Kobos and Aldiko can't handle them for example

willus · 01-29-2022, 08:20 PM

This partly depends on the software you choose to use for reading the PDFs. Have you visited the KO Reader forum?

ernieh · 02-03-2022, 03:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by willus

This partly depends on the software you choose to use for reading the PDFs. Have you visited the KO Reader forum?

Can it handle them? The pdf is 80 mb and no chance on the standard Kobo software. Had koreader for a while but at the time saw no advantage. Impressed that pocket book does and also reflows properly..

01-27-2022, 06:30 AM	#1
ernieh Connoisseur Posts: 68 Karma: 2113545 Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Johannesburg Device: kobo touch, kobo mini, Icarus Xl, Likebook Mars, Kobo Forma, Pocketboo	PDF reflowing for reading As PDFs are no longer common for ordinary eBooks it is only recently that this problem raised its head again. Seems that a decent reflow function is unusual, only my Pocket Book does a decent job of it. Most readers and reader programs just fit the width of a pdf but you have to scroll the vertical overflow page by page instead of just next paging. Funnily enough many years ago had a Cooler that also handled it correctly, wonder if Pocket Books and Coolers share a common heritage... It also seems that most eBook software falls over on really large Pdfs, say in excess of 50 mb. Kobos and Aldiko can't handle them for example Last edited by ernieh; 01-27-2022 at 06:32 AM. Reason: extra information

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01-29-2022, 08:20 PM	#2
willus Fuzzball, the purple cat Posts: 1,272 Karma: 11087488 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: California Device: iPad	This partly depends on the software you choose to use for reading the PDFs. Have you visited the KO Reader forum?