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Old 04-25-2013, 01:00 AM   #1
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Converting To PDF - Text Gets Blown Up

I'm trying to convert from epub / mobi formats into pdf.

Whenever I do this using Calibre, the text in my PDF output gets blown up to font size 50+. This means I get roughly 10 words every A4 page which makes the book unreadable.

To see my problem for yourself please watch this super short 70 second video - http://screencast.com/t/IsGTcCal67

This is not an isolated incident. It happens with all my epub / mobi books when I try to convert them to PDF.

I've have successfully removed the DRM from these books so this shouldn't be the issue.

What am I doing wrong?

Can someone help with this? Be very grateful...
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Old 04-25-2013, 01:02 AM   #2
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Look under PDF Output in the conversion dialog, set the override paper size option and choose the paper size as a4 or letter.
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Old 04-25-2013, 04:14 AM   #3
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That worked! Thanks
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