PDF-Some look great without zoom, others do not?

rebarnmom · 03-20-2009, 05:27 AM

I am just wondering why some of my PDF books look great on my PRS-700 and don't need the zoom feature while others are worthless to me? They are so small and using the zoom does not make for pleasant reading. Most of these are simple documents (nothing technical about them). Is there a difference in the way they are created? Is there any way to make them more readable?

netseeker · 03-20-2009, 05:54 AM

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Originally Posted by rebarnmom

I am just wondering why some of my PDF books look great on my PRS-700 and don't need the zoom feature while others are worthless to me? They are so small and using the zoom does not make for pleasant reading. Most of these are simple documents (nothing technical about them). Is there a difference in the way they are created? Is there any way to make them more readable?

Basically there are three reasons for this:

wrong format used within the PDF (mostly A4, which is much to big for a 6'' display)
big margins (borders)
small base font size used within the PDF

It's is possible to crop the margins with tools like soPDF (search the forum), which often makes PDFs much better readable even without using the zoom.
PDFs which were especially created with little displays in mind do usually look very well on the reader.

dordale · 03-20-2009, 10:42 AM

Also, some PDFs are created as images rather than text. If this is the case with your files, the reflow option for PDFs won't work.

dordale

03-20-2009, 05:27 AM	#1
rebarnmom Wizard Posts: 1,289 Karma: 4525055 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: rural Illinois, USA Device: Sony PRS-700 (traded in), Sony PRS-650	PDF-Some look great without zoom, others do not? I am just wondering why some of my PDF books look great on my PRS-700 and don't need the zoom feature while others are worthless to me? They are so small and using the zoom does not make for pleasant reading. Most of these are simple documents (nothing technical about them). Is there a difference in the way they are created? Is there any way to make them more readable?

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03-20-2009, 10:42 AM	#3
dordale Wizard Posts: 1,731 Karma: 3472866 Join Date: Apr 2008 Device: Sony PRS-650 & 350; Kindle Voyage; Kobo Aura HD, Aura One, and Forma	Also, some PDFs are created as images rather than text. If this is the case with your files, the reflow option for PDFs won't work. dordale

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