Best formatting for PDF creation on a mac

TND · 08-23-2006, 11:15 AM

Hi all,

I have been having a tough time creating readable and good looking PDF's on the mac.

Can some of you share what software, page size, fonts, margins etc etc you are using? So I can experiment using your settings?

Thanks all in advance.

ElaHuguet · 08-23-2006, 11:53 AM

This is how I do it: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7120

verbosus · 08-25-2006, 02:39 PM

Hi TND, there’s this thread over at the iRex forum where we discussed some strategies for content creation for the iLiad from a Mac.

I have also made a couple of adjustments to the workflow as posted there, if you’re interested I can send you the Automator action.

TND · 08-31-2006, 05:37 AM

Thanks for the feedback all.

Yes would love to have the automator action (PM you email).

One more question. Anyone tips or software to modify existing PDF files into illiad size?

Quote:

Originally Posted by verbosus

Hi TND, there’s this thread over at the iRex forum where we discussed some strategies for content creation for the iLiad from a Mac.

I have also made a couple of adjustments to the workflow as posted there, if you’re interested I can send you the Automator action.

verbosus · 08-31-2006, 05:46 AM

Sent! :-)

As for adjusting existing PDF files, it’s a bit of a pain as far as I know, and the results you’d get would be scaled-down PDF files, which may be unreadable on your iLiad.

One thing you could try is converting the PDF files to HTML (if you have a Gmail account it’s trivial, mail yourself the file and let Google do the convertion for you), then put these HTML files on the iLiad for comfortable viewing, maybe tweaking the margins a bit.

TND · 09-01-2006, 02:11 AM

Thanks.

Hey thats a cool idea. Great way to extract content that is locked.

Let me see if it gets the images out as well from the PDF file.

Cheers.

Quote:

Originally Posted by verbosus

Sent! :-)

As for adjusting existing PDF files, it’s a bit of a pain as far as I know, and the results you’d get would be scaled-down PDF files, which may be unreadable on your iLiad.

One thing you could try is converting the PDF files to HTML (if you have a Gmail account it’s trivial, mail yourself the file and let Google do the convertion for you), then put these HTML files on the iLiad for comfortable viewing, maybe tweaking the margins a bit.

08-23-2006, 11:15 AM	#1
TND TJ Posts: 16 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2006	Best formatting for PDF creation on a mac Hi all, I have been having a tough time creating readable and good looking PDF's on the mac. Can some of you share what software, page size, fonts, margins etc etc you are using? So I can experiment using your settings? Thanks all in advance.

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08-23-2006, 11:53 AM	#2
ElaHuguet iLiad freak Posts: 339 Karma: 243 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Mallorca, Spain Device: iRex iLiad	This is how I do it: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=7120

08-25-2006, 02:39 PM	#3
verbosus Unicoder Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sassuolo, Modena, Italy Device: iRex iLiad	Hi TND, there’s this thread over at the iRex forum where we discussed some strategies for content creation for the iLiad from a Mac. I have also made a couple of adjustments to the workflow as posted there, if you’re interested I can send you the Automator action.

08-31-2006, 05:46 AM	#5
verbosus Unicoder Posts: 15 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Sassuolo, Modena, Italy Device: iRex iLiad	Sent! :-) As for adjusting existing PDF files, it’s a bit of a pain as far as I know, and the results you’d get would be scaled-down PDF files, which may be unreadable on your iLiad. One thing you could try is converting the PDF files to HTML (if you have a Gmail account it’s trivial, mail yourself the file and let Google do the convertion for you), then put these HTML files on the iLiad for comfortable viewing, maybe tweaking the margins a bit.

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