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> De : newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net
> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]De la part de John Charlton
> Envoye : mardi 16 avril 2002 08:31
> A : newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Objet : [NTLK] Back to the topic of PDFNewt
>
>
>
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> Having said that it wouldn't be too difficult to extract text
> from a Pdf
> document, ordered by the page it appears on. Graphics and
> images can also
> be extracted and should scale reasonably well to the Newt
> screen (esp. the
> 2k series). Keeping the two together seems to me to be the
> problem.
If I generate a BookMaker format, I write the path to the image file in
the source file and BookMaker will translate it at compiling time, no ?
> However, if the intent was to reproduce the page, as written, these
> problems don't occur, font substitution notwithstanding. The problem
> becomes - how usable is the document written for A4 (or 8.5x11) on a
> 480x320 screen? Horizontal scrolling is a pain, but do-able. With
> medium-sized fonts and horizontal orientation you may even be
> able to read
> a whole line!
>
Right, Like I said, in a first step, I will extract the text on a side and
the graphics on the other side.
For the document format, I think, I have no choice, I will modify the
original design of the PDF Book to adapt it of the Newton. The more
important thing is that the document must be the same (in data sense)
I would like not using the horizontal scrolling like PocketPC PDF
Bookreader, it's not really usable for big documents like you said. To
eliminate this thing the more simple solution is to cut the original line in
two (or more depending on the lenght and of the size font).
> One 'solution' would be to create the Pdfs for an A5 or A6
> paper (you know,
> I love how the Europeans set paper sizes, an A5 is an A4
> folded in half,
> and so on, makes so much sense...), but if you could do that
> you'd just
> make a NewtonBook of it, right?
>
Right, but for that, you need Acrobat Distiller to generate the A5 format
document and is not really free.
>
> Sorry, I wasn't any help, it's late, hot, and I can't sleep.
>
So go to sleep my Son ;-))
Thanks for all your informations about pdf format and your point of view.
Cordialement
Didier BOURGUIGNON
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