bad format of pdf ebook reader

Adolfo00 · 04-21-2010, 09:59 AM

Hi,

I have a pdf file with images. When I open it with e-book viewer all images have different size,is very difficult to see the text and some images are bigger than the screen , so i have to scroll for see it .
I'm using the version 0.6.44..I don't undestand why it does that...i tried to convert the document in other types but it is the same..
it isn't a problem of my document because I tried with different pdf documents..

Are there any settings that I can do to format it well???

kovidgoyal · 04-21-2010, 10:40 AM

http://calibre-ebook.com/user_manual...-images-tables

Adolfo00 · 04-21-2010, 11:12 AM

thank's for yor response but i don't understand what I have to do to read correctly this type of pdf files.Have I to create a table of contents file???where?..than can I use it for all pdf?

kovidgoyal · 04-21-2010, 12:11 PM

Use a PDF reader. calibre's viewer converts PDF's to HTML

Adolfo00 · 04-22-2010, 05:05 AM

Excuse me, but I really don't understand how can I do that..I understand that calibre's ebook viewer converts all pdf in HTML for print on the screen,so I have to modify the settings of convertions or the css of this HTML?...where I can do that???What I have to modify??...
Excuse me again for my insistence but I want understand, I need more clear answer..
Thank's
Adolfo

kovidgoyal · 04-22-2010, 05:07 AM

The point is that conversion of PDF is never going to yield very good results. So if you want to view a PDF as is, use a PDF viewer, not calibre's viewer.

Adolfo00 · 04-22-2010, 05:46 AM

ok,thanks..I understand , but if I convert it in another format I can see it better?I tried to convert in ePub but the result is the same ..if I convert it in HTML where can i modfy settings?How can I convert it in HTML? I didn't found this options...

Bluesman7 · 04-22-2010, 10:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

The point is that conversion of PDF is never going to yield very good results. So if you want to view a PDF as is, use a PDF viewer, not calibre's viewer.

Kovid,

Since PDF conversion is so hit and miss, do you feel that conversion from PDF to txt (as opposed to mobi for use with a Kindle2) has the best chance of keeping the text as in the original book? (Assuming no images are required.)

Thanks for your thoughts.

kovidgoyal · 04-22-2010, 11:37 AM

No, all conversion go through a pipeline, the output format is only the last stage of the pipeline.

Bluesman7 · 04-22-2010, 12:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

No, all conversion go through a pipeline, the output format is only the last stage of the pipeline.

Gotcha. Thanks, Kovid.

I guess I'll continue to experiment with the "final" output of the PDF's I convert.

Sometimes the mobi works out fine, othertimes txt seems to work better.

04-21-2010, 09:59 AM	#1
Adolfo00 Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: none	bad format of pdf ebook reader Hi, I have a pdf file with images. When I open it with e-book viewer all images have different size,is very difficult to see the text and some images are bigger than the screen , so i have to scroll for see it . I'm using the version 0.6.44..I don't undestand why it does that...i tried to convert the document in other types but it is the same.. it isn't a problem of my document because I tried with different pdf documents.. Are there any settings that I can do to format it well???

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04-21-2010, 10:40 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,162 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	http://calibre-ebook.com/user_manual...-images-tables

04-21-2010, 11:12 AM	#3
Adolfo00 Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: none	thank's for yor response but i don't understand what I have to do to read correctly this type of pdf files.Have I to create a table of contents file???where?..than can I use it for all pdf?

04-21-2010, 12:11 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,162 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Use a PDF reader. calibre's viewer converts PDF's to HTML

04-22-2010, 05:05 AM	#5
Adolfo00 Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: none	Excuse me, but I really don't understand how can I do that..I understand that calibre's ebook viewer converts all pdf in HTML for print on the screen,so I have to modify the settings of convertions or the css of this HTML?...where I can do that???What I have to modify??... Excuse me again for my insistence but I want understand, I need more clear answer.. Thank's Adolfo

04-22-2010, 05:07 AM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,162 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The point is that conversion of PDF is never going to yield very good results. So if you want to view a PDF as is, use a PDF viewer, not calibre's viewer.

04-22-2010, 05:46 AM	#7
Adolfo00 Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: none	ok,thanks..I understand , but if I convert it in another format I can see it better?I tried to convert in ePub but the result is the same ..if I convert it in HTML where can i modfy settings?How can I convert it in HTML? I didn't found this options...

04-22-2010, 11:37 AM	#9
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,162 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No, all conversion go through a pipeline, the output format is only the last stage of the pipeline.

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