How to Cut PDF?

wellwet · 05-01-2011, 03:07 PM

I have some Lonely Planets and they're printed 2 pages each page

I want to cut them to make 1 page for each page. I tried A-PDF Page Cut it works good but when I put PDF's in Kindle after 3-4 pages Kindle reboots

So it converts PDF's problematic...

Any ideas?

bZkindle · 05-01-2011, 04:06 PM

you could try Briss or install Duokan. It is able to reflow PDF's on the fly.
I have no idea why your kindle would reboot though.

stickybuns · 05-01-2011, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bZkindle

you could try Briss or install Duokan. It is able to reflow PDF's on the fly.
I have no idea why your kindle would reboot though.

Oh, thank you for suggesting Briss! My summer time project will be scanning my dad's collection of 1950s sci-fi books and magazines. Almost all of them are in a two column format, and I would love to have an easy way to convert them for reading on my kindle.

sachinwalia · 05-01-2011, 04:53 PM

Best is Acrobat pro if you can find it. It is the fastest workflow I could find as I was in the same boat. Basically it a multi-step process but very effective:
Make sure to make a copy of original

1. crop original pdf so that only left side pages are left
2. crop original pdf again so that only right side pages are left.
3. there is a javascript for acrobat floating around web which can combine left.pdf and right.pdf so that it now follows correct page numbers. search for collate acrobat javascript.

cheers.

wellwet · 05-02-2011, 03:17 AM

Thanks friends, I'll try your recommendations

sachinwalia, I couldn't find the script, can you tell the exact name or link? Thanks

st_albert · 05-02-2011, 02:07 PM

Maybe it's this:

http://www.planetpdf.com/developer/a...scrip&gid=6866

Otherwise google "javascript collate pdf" and you'll see lots of hits.

mr ploppy · 05-02-2011, 04:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stickybuns

Oh, thank you for suggesting Briss! My summer time project will be scanning my dad's collection of 1950s sci-fi books and magazines. Almost all of them are in a two column format, and I would love to have an easy way to convert them for reading on my kindle.

They would need to be text based PDF to reflow, it's not clever enough to do it with images. You would need an OCR program for that.

stickybuns · 05-02-2011, 05:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mr ploppy

They would need to be text based PDF to reflow, it's not clever enough to do it with images. You would need an OCR program for that.

Is there a way to get Kindle/Amazon/3rd Party Software to reflow a PDF? I thought that Kindle didn't support PDF reflow (hence so many people saying that Sony is better for PDFs).

The sci-fi books/mags are not illustration heavy, but there are a few. I really don't care if they get cropped out or cropped in half, but will the very presence of an illustration mess up the way BRISS works? I know you're right about using an OCR program... I'm just a bit broke at the moment, but if that's the only/best way...

bZkindle · 05-02-2011, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stickybuns

Is there a way to get Kindle/Amazon/3rd Party Software to reflow a PDF? I thought that Kindle didn't support PDF reflow (hence so many people saying that Sony is better for PDFs).

The sci-fi books/mags are not illustration heavy, but there are a few. I really don't care if they get cropped out or cropped in half, but will the very presence of an illustration mess up the way BRISS works? I know you're right about using an OCR program... I'm just a bit broke at the moment, but if that's the only/best way...

I don't think Ploppy was referring to Briss. It merely crops out white space, etc. What he said is right though: you need to OCR is you want reflow (Duokan).
You could just scan them and Briss them and hope that the text is large enough to read on the K3.
On a DX, this would suffice. On a K3...maybe not so much.
I find the reflow with Duokan isn't all that great myself and never use it, but then again I do have a DX.

Anagnostis · 05-02-2011, 06:31 PM

a-pdf Page cut and you're done !! simple and easy
it has an unregistered version which only leaves a watermark

http://www.a-pdf.com/?product-pc

FF2 · 05-03-2011, 12:57 AM

There's also pdf scissors - which works pretty well if the columns are uniform.

05-01-2011, 03:07 PM	#1
wellwet Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Kindle DX	How to Cut PDF? I have some Lonely Planets and they're printed 2 pages each page I want to cut them to make 1 page for each page. I tried A-PDF Page Cut it works good but when I put PDF's in Kindle after 3-4 pages Kindle reboots So it converts PDF's problematic... Any ideas?

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bZkindle Fanatic Posts: 510 Karma: 1025024 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Canada City, Soviet Canuckistan Device: k2, k3G, kindle DXG, Sony T-1, iPad, iPhone, stone tablet	you could try Briss or install Duokan. It is able to reflow PDF's on the fly. I have no idea why your kindle would reboot though.

05-01-2011, 04:53 PM	#4
sachinwalia Connoisseur Posts: 74 Karma: 26 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: SF Bay Area, CA Device: iPhone 4, iPad, Kindle Fire, Kindle SO	Best is Acrobat pro if you can find it. It is the fastest workflow I could find as I was in the same boat. Basically it a multi-step process but very effective: Make sure to make a copy of original 1. crop original pdf so that only left side pages are left 2. crop original pdf again so that only right side pages are left. 3. there is a javascript for acrobat floating around web which can combine left.pdf and right.pdf so that it now follows correct page numbers. search for collate acrobat javascript. cheers.

05-02-2011, 03:17 AM	#5
wellwet Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2009 Device: Kindle DX	Thanks friends, I'll try your recommendations sachinwalia, I couldn't find the script, can you tell the exact name or link? Thanks

05-02-2011, 02:07 PM	#6
st_albert Guru Posts: 698 Karma: 150000 Join Date: Feb 2010 Device: none	Maybe it's this: http://www.planetpdf.com/developer/a...scrip&gid=6866 Otherwise google "javascript collate pdf" and you'll see lots of hits.

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Anagnostis Member Posts: 19 Karma: 2748 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Greece Device: Kindle PW/PW2 - Kobo Aura HD -iPad 3	a-pdf Page cut and you're done !! simple and easy it has an unregistered version which only leaves a watermark http://www.a-pdf.com/?product-pc

05-03-2011, 12:57 AM	#11
FF2 Wizard Posts: 1,105 Karma: 1025784 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: WiFi Kindle3	There's also pdf scissors - which works pretty well if the columns are uniform.

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