Page turns, and readabilty - Page 4

NatCh · 03-15-2007, 03:27 PM

That's the part I find amusing.

RWood · 03-15-2007, 03:29 PM

I keep as much as possible in the RTF format (sometime DOC depending upon the source I receive it in.) Everything else I try to convert to RTF while I have the tools (and the time.)

I have started to use Book Designer for books loaded to the Sony Reader as it produces much smaller files. On one recent conversion the resulting LRF file was less than 10% of the size of the RTF and the LRF had cover art that you could see as well as a TOC. (I am still learning Book Designer and it runs almost on default settings so I expect it will get better as I learn more.)

We've found HAL; but, where is Dave?

NatCh · 03-15-2007, 03:34 PM

Did you check the cargo bay? The outside, I mean.

RWood · 03-15-2007, 03:38 PM

You mean that Dave's been stuck outside for almost 40 years? His O2 must be running low by now.

flumbo · 03-15-2007, 05:23 PM

Aww, crap! I did hear someone knock on the door a while back (has it been 40 years?). ***ummm, Dave?...Hellooooo?***

NatCh · 03-15-2007, 05:28 PM

Guess it ain't a "good morning, Dave" then.

HarryT · 03-16-2007, 03:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dhbailey

That's why the named it HAL in the movie.

Mr Clarke has always claimed not, and that it's a pure coincidence.

yvanleterrible · 03-16-2007, 08:17 AM

Dave was deprived of a little oxygen. He's been renamed simpledave. Didn't he write somewhere else in here ?

HAL ! You finally found him! Now apologize and say you won't do it again...

Dave Berk · 03-16-2007, 10:47 AM

yvanleterrible · 03-16-2007, 11:53 AM

flumbo · 03-16-2007, 01:04 PM

sorry, dave... This thread: "My God, it's full of off-topic posts!"

GBC · 03-20-2007, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dhbailey

As another soon-to-be new owner (have to save the money up!) I have a question regarding the use of text files (such as from Project Gutenberg) and RTF files:

Which is better, given the same book, or are they both the same? The PG books all come with lots of extra hard-returns, but I have found a nifty utility which will strip all of them (as well as the PG material, should I choose), leaving a text file with only hard-returns between paragraphs, but with flowing text within paragraphs.

What can RTF offer for such files which the plain text files can't offer?

And does anybody have any opinion on the BlackMask DVD (through silkpagoda), where the Reader files are all in PDF format? Are they as easily read as the available RTF files or plain text files?

Thanks for any insights anybody can offer!

What utility do you use to strip off hard returns?

RWood · 03-20-2007, 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GBC

What utility do you use to strip off hard returns?

The best is Stingo's Word Macro for RFT. It and a lot of other conversion utilities are available at the MobileRead Wiki Conversion page. I have used it over 100 times and it is great.

BookDesigner does a good job although I tend to get the book in shape in word and then load the RTF in BookDesigner.

GBC · 03-21-2007, 06:15 PM

I was hoping for the name of the utility dhballey used. Word cost a little too much for me. It would solve a lot of problems if Sony would just have their software format RTF files correctly.

scottcstoness · 03-22-2007, 01:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GBC

I was hoping for the name of the utility dhballey used. Word cost a little too much for me. It would solve a lot of problems if Sony would just have their software format RTF files correctly.

Openoffice is free and has a built-in utiltiy that works pretty well for getting rid of hard returns. I think you select the whole text, put it in the default style, and then Select AutoCorrect, and it does fairly nice things based on the percentage of the line that is filled with text; and you can change the options in the AutoCorrect Menu.

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03-15-2007, 03:27 PM	#46
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	That's the part I find amusing.

03-15-2007, 03:29 PM	#47
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	I keep as much as possible in the RTF format (sometime DOC depending upon the source I receive it in.) Everything else I try to convert to RTF while I have the tools (and the time.) I have started to use Book Designer for books loaded to the Sony Reader as it produces much smaller files. On one recent conversion the resulting LRF file was less than 10% of the size of the RTF and the LRF had cover art that you could see as well as a TOC. (I am still learning Book Designer and it runs almost on default settings so I expect it will get better as I learn more.) We've found HAL; but, where is Dave?

03-15-2007, 03:34 PM	#48
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Did you check the cargo bay? The outside, I mean.

03-15-2007, 03:38 PM	#49
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	You mean that Dave's been stuck outside for almost 40 years? His O2 must be running low by now.

03-15-2007, 05:23 PM	#50
flumbo I got nothin... Posts: 127 Karma: 302 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hawaii	Aww, crap! I did hear someone knock on the door a while back (has it been 40 years?). *ummm, Dave?...Hellooooo?*

03-15-2007, 05:28 PM	#51
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Guess it ain't a "good morning, Dave" then.

03-16-2007, 08:17 AM	#53
yvanleterrible Reborn Paper User Posts: 8,616 Karma: 15446734 Join Date: May 2006 Location: Que Nada Device: iPhone8, iPad Air	Dave was deprived of a little oxygen. He's been renamed simpledave. Didn't he write somewhere else in here ? HAL ! You finally found him! Now apologize and say you won't do it again...

03-16-2007, 10:47 AM	#54
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03-16-2007, 11:53 AM	#55
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03-16-2007, 01:04 PM	#56
flumbo I got nothin... Posts: 127 Karma: 302 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hawaii	sorry, dave... This thread: "My God, it's full of off-topic posts!"

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03-21-2007, 06:15 PM	#59
GBC Enthusiast Posts: 30 Karma: 165 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Gainesville, Florida Device: Sony PRS 500, PRS 505, Kindle 3, Kindle Touch	I was hoping for the name of the utility dhballey used. Word cost a little too much for me. It would solve a lot of problems if Sony would just have their software format RTF files correctly.