HI All,
The Adobe Reader on TG01 hampers readabilty, as I increase the font size I have to slide the text all the while. I tried to install another Adobe2 programme, but it didn't work at all. What can I do? I'm in dire need of reading books and articles, as I can't carry my notebook everywhere. Please HELP!
regards,
shahzadahmad said:
HI All,
The Adobe Reader on TG01 hampers readabilty, as I increase the font size I have to slide the text all the while. I tried to install another Adobe2 programme, but it didn't work at all. What can I do? I'm in dire need of reading books and articles, as I can't carry my notebook everywhere. Please HELP!
regards,
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You can try using TG01 in landscape mode to read pdf files, it might reduce the number of times you want to scroll or you could use other softwares that could open pdf files. However, since pdf versions can be opened only by few softwares and adobe being one of the best, I don't think you would find increased benefits of using anything else. TG01 has a massive screen so you already are in benefit of not scrolling as much as you might do in smaller phones!
Landscape view for reading is what I normally do. What
I normally use landscape view for reading but here I mean when I had Imate Jamin, I could read pdfs very easily with the Adobe2, because it had text wrapping function. The default Adobe doesn't have this text wrapping function. Can anyone suggest how the problem can be solved?
shahzadahmad said:
I normally use landscape view for reading but here I mean when I had Imate Jamin, I could read pdfs very easily with the Adobe2, because it had text wrapping function. The default Adobe doesn't have this text wrapping function. Can anyone suggest how the problem can be solved?
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There are two types of PDF documents:
1) Image based or scanned documents (without OCR process) , that are just graphic documents, and
2) text documents (from a text source or OCR process)
1) Regarding the first type, we are limited by the screen size (I agree with other replies, working in landscape can help us). We can only scrolling across the document using a PDF reader. For this, I recommend Foxit Reader (http://www.foxitsoftware.com).
2) If instead, the pdf is based on text, the Adobe Reader that comes with the TG01 is useless, because it don't have the text re-flow option (I think that it's the same that shahzadahmad calls "text wrapping function")
You have to replace the Adobe Reader version. Mine is LE 2.5.00
If you want to try it, I've uploaded my copy, but it's in Spanish. I think that if you search a bit, you will find the same version (or newer) in English.
For text only, another great possibility is convert the PDF on EPUB with Calibra or AnyBizSoft PDF to EPUB and reading it with FREDA (a free EPUB reader)
http://www.turnip.demon.co.uk/jim/freda/freda6.htm. The reading experience it's much better (but you need an external PC to convert the document)
Hope this help you
UPDATE: I've just discovered a web site where you can convert online documents to EPUB and FREE!! : http://www.2epub.com/
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Hi
I upgraded to a HD2 last weekend from a Serra for the screen size more than anything else. I use my WM's mostly for reading and reviewing technical manuals and documents in pdf format and for legal reasons converting to other formats is not an option for me.
I started with the stock Adobe Reader LE 2.5 on a UK O2 build but it does not render photo images. It will render diagrams and brushstrokes overlaid on screenshots etc but not the photo images themselves.
I have trawled the internet and these forums with little joy. I have also tried all the alternative readers mentioned in other threads but still have the same problem with them. Although lacking in configuration options, LE is the only reader that fits the screen perfect and is easy to navigate pages.
Has anyone seen this before and know a fix?
Hi,
I spent the last three hours looking for a solution here and via Google, so I would appreciate some input from you guys, even though there are already some threads about this:
I'm new at the whole smartphone-business, I really impressed by the Opera browser and it's full screen functionality, so I am looking for a similar solution to read my PDFs (books, scripts, etc.).
Here is what I have tried based on xda-developers:
Adobe Reader LE: No full screen (I hear there is a possibility to enable this but I could not find a setting/registry entry that works)
PocketXpdf: Slow, also I can't exit full screen.
Foxit Reader 2.0: 20$, no zooming option without side borders
With Adobe and Foxit on the Windows Desktop, one can zoom PDFs so that the text goes to the edge of the screen (instead of showing the borders on the side), and I wish there was a solution to do this with WM as well.
I would be willing to convert my PDFs to another format if that would make things more comfortable.
Here is what I want:
- Full screen reading with minimal Interface
- Jump to a certain page (so a pure HTML-file wouldn't really work, I presume)
I would appreciate any help you guys could give me!
Thanks in advance!
What device are you using?
if you are using an HTC with sense 2.5.2011 or better I would suggest to use the HTC eBook reader.
look for the stand alone cab.
alternativelly you can look for "freda" ebook reader.
Enjoy reading
I use Freda and Mobpocketreader.
Thanks for replying, guys!
ypsmav said:
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Touch Pro2 with the latest Energy ROM.
if you are using an HTC with sense 2.5.2011 or better I would suggest to use the HTC eBook reader.
look for the stand alone cab.
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According to the "Software information", I have Manila version 2.5.20191914.0. Do I understand this correctly that "Manila" is the codeword for "Sense"?
Also, is this the CAB you meant:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=642463
alternativelly you can look for "freda" ebook reader.
Enjoy reading
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I'll look into that as well. I figure I'm going to try them all.
Good threat!
Could you please keep us informed about your experience with the other readers. It is very interssting for me too.
Yes Manila is Sense
Why not try FB2 format ? AlReader is the best reader in this format for WM. It also reads a variety of other formats (txt, doc, rtf, Palm's pdb, it can read these files compressed in zip or rar (v2) archives). There's also a desktop version. Plus, online PDF to FB2 converter here:
http://ebook.online-convert.com/convert-to-fb2
FB2 is superior to PDF especially on mobile (faster, uses less memory, many extra features), and AlReader is probably the best reader I've ever used.
My 2 cents
I have to agree with that. Allreader is fantastic. It reads a ton of formats, it opens instantly, and has some great features. It doesn't read the epub, but other than that its perfect. I installed the standalone version of the HTC Reader for epubs, and those two readers, for me, are everything I need. Your milage may vary, of course...
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Why not try FB2 format ? AlReader is the best reader in this format for WM. It also reads a variety of other formats (txt, doc, rtf, Palm's pdb, it can read these files compressed in zip or rar (v2) archives). There's also a desktop version. Plus, online PDF to FB2 converter here:
http://ebook.online-convert.com/convert-to-fb2
FB2 is superior to PDF especially on mobile (faster, uses less memory, many extra features), and AlReader is probably the best reader I've ever used.
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Here is what I want:
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Alreader, one and only(it nicely reads html ebooks).
Advice: skip PDF files, it has no real use for real reading on PDA devices(i know, you can read them, but it is pure nonsense.
I have many PDFs i want to read on the Reader app that comes with the Flyer as i can note notes, comments and highlights.
i was wondering how can i import those into the Reader ? if they aren't via adobe Id nor ikobo?
thanks
You can use the PDF Viewer.
You can open the PDFs in the HTC Provided PDF Viewer. You can place the PDFs pretty much anywhere. It should find it, once you open the app. However you can also direct the program to open it from the menu button.
Also there are plenty of other options for viewing PDFs in the Android Market if you do not like the one HTC provides you.
Personally, I have all my PDFs in my MicroSD card.
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You can open the PDFs in the HTC Provided PDF Viewer. You can place the PDFs pretty much anywhere. It should find it, once you open the app. However you can also direct the program to open it from the menu button.
Also there are plenty of other options for viewing PDFs in the Android Market if you do not like the one HTC provides you.
Personally, I have all my PDFs in my MicroSD card.
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yes the PDF Viewer can view the the file but its scrolling from top to bottom without the nice features in the Reader app:
Annotations
Bookmarks
Font Size
multiple reading scenes such as Night
i cant get PDFs into this reader app ?
sorry I misunderstood.
Depending on what type of PDF it is, you probably need to convert them into a epub file. After which you can add it like any other books.
Are you able to extract the taken in the Reader app?
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Are you able to extract the taken in the Reader app?
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i can view books in the Reader normally, but didn't know what do you mean about extracting ?
anyone knows how to read PDFs on HTC's Reader?
Like I said.
It all depends on what type of PDFs you are working with. If it is text based PDFs you can convert your PDFs into ePub. Like this Link. But I do not think this works with JPG based PDFs as you will not have any function of the reader, like using the Scribe pen. For PDFs with Jpgs I just use the PDF Viewer and you can still use your scribe pen, works great for my magazines and other PDFs that I have scanned and created into PDFs. Hope this helps.
I put some pdfs and an m4v and flv video on the device, organized in folders. I go in acrobat reader and it seems to find the pdfs, but just puts them in a single list, rather than showing the file hierarchy.
I would like to be able to browse the file hierarchy and touch a file and have it open. I have a lot of pdfs to put in the device and they need to be organized, not one big list.
Also would like to search for text in PDFs.
Ideally I am looking for something similar to ipad's Goodreader wher you can organize a hieararchy of mixed file types, PDF and video, and view any of them.
Acrobat reader and Quick Office seem to be a little slow to load. I am wondering if there is an app for this that is quick loading.
Any ideas?
Agree that Acrobat reader is one of the worst PDF readers all across the pad platforms. But unfortunately it seems that's the only choice on webos. Hope this wave of TP can bring some new PDF reader to it.
[Q] How to search through a PDF?
please excuse the question but I tried google a few times and couldn't get anything. Can the default adobe PDF viewer even search documents? If it can how the hell can I find the option? Is there anything 3rd party that allows searching through pdfs?
[Q] PDF Reading and Citrix?
To current owners, how is reading pdfs on the TP? Is it snappy like Ipad 2 and how about large pdfs like 100mb or greater? I dont really care about annotations.
Also does Citrix work? I saw an ad showing Citrix working. Thx
For the pdf file it's very fast and snappy,very usable, but only tested with a couple of 50Mo one, if you have bigger to test give me a link.
About citrix, take a look here:
http://forums.precentral.net/webos-development/190779-request-citrix-app.html
And
http://blogs.citrix.com/2011/02/09/...ake-webos-devices-enterprise-ready-at-launch/
Ok, I couldn't resist the temptation and got a Touchpad to play with. The two hospital pages where I use Citrix to access medical records don't work. The demo on Youtube looks so smooth . Adobe Acrobat on the WebOS is just as horrid as on the Android platform. There is no way, I can sit there read the PDFs in this condition. The letters all look fuzzy, and I don't think this is purely an issue with resolution and display. The software doesn't fully render it.
The good part is that flash works really well from the browser. Very well done. Also the cards arrangement of the overall OS is the best I have seen out of all 3 tablet platforms. It's unfortunate. I think it just take a little more work from HP to make it competitive.
1. A better screen. It's listed as IPS display but no where close to the Ipad.
2. Work out the small bugs in the WebOS
This pad desperately needs Alkido.
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please excuse the question but I tried google a few times and couldn't get anything. Can the default adobe PDF viewer even search documents? If it can how the hell can I find the option? Is there anything 3rd party that allows searching through pdfs?
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Not to the best of my knowledge, I've looked through every option and nothing. I also asked this same question about searching PDFs and never got a response. FYI I have a few 40mb+ pdfs w/ schematic drawings and it has the tendency of chugging along or even worse it loses the menu bar uptop where I can select pages from. I'll get stuck on page 230 out of 500 and will have to close the card down and open it up again to get the number list.
I still have my wi-fi off and probably will until after holidays when I can concentrate on how to either block or root my NT. That said I am wondering about public library books and update 1.41. If someone does get stuck with that and/or are one of the ones that buy a new NT and it is already installed am I correct this is going to stop the use of public library ebooks or will they still work off our microSD card?
I have one under the tree and want to know that also. What about other sources of books. My Simple Touch can get those. Can we put e-books on the sd card from our computer and will the updated nook tablet read the PDFs?
It will read pdfs, however, it sucks. It does not do text reflow or work well with images. Ive converted a couple of pdfs to ebooks using calibre, and the experience improved, but it wasnt like reading a normal ebook. Frankly, i think the best device to view pdfs is an ipad. Btw i also have an asus transformer and im not impressed by its pdf capabilities either. Just my $0.02
** just got the adobe pdf reader update with text reflow. Works well on just text, but the pdf im viewing ( a byte of python) has a grey color behind the code that doesn tdisplay right with text reflow selected. Its either above or below the actual text. (***massive pet peeve)
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It will read pdfs, however, it sucks. It does not do text reflow or work well with images. Ive converted a couple of pdfs to ebooks using calibre, and the experience improved, but it wasnt like reading a normal ebook. Frankly, i think the best device to view pdfs is an ipad. Btw i also have an asus transformer and im not impressed by its pdf capabilities either. Just my $0.02
** just got the adobe pdf reader update with text reflow. Works well on just text, but the pdf im viewing ( a byte of python) has a grey color behind the code that doesn tdisplay right with text reflow selected. Its either above or below the actual text. (***massive pet peeve)
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A devices ability to do anything with any file type is based on the app you are using, not the device itself (unless speaking from a form-factor POV). You should have noted that you are talking about the stock PDF reader on the NT, and try not to mis-inform people. I have a Transformer as well, with EZ PDF Reader on it, and it's great.
miniblue: Side-load EZ PDF Reader from the market. Best PDF app I've ever seen for Android.
I used multiple pdf apps and none of them worked right for ME.
Adobe
Quick office
Documents to go pdf to go
Aldiko
Reader
I would continue to list them but i just got the ota update pushed to my device. So sorry if you felt that i was spreading FUD.
-cheers
The questions still remains does an NT updated to 1.41 work with public library ebooks?
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miniblue: Side-load EZ PDF Reader from the market. Best PDF app I've ever seen for Android.
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Unless you end up with 1.41, then you cant side load.
But back to the topic, i don't think it would effect library use, or that would be cutting their own throat as that would effect a large number of customers.
Mine is on 1.41 and i may try our local library next week just to see. I am able to still load free format PDF and ePub files that are on my SD card. Thankfully i installed ezPDF before the update.
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Unless you end up with 1.41, then you cant side load.
But back to the topic, i don't think it would effect library use, or that would be cutting their own throat as that would effect a large number of customers.
Mine is on 1.41 and i may try our local library next week just to see. I am able to still load free format PDF and ePub files that are on my SD card. Thankfully i installed ezPDF before the update.
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Please let me know you you make out with this if you do try it. Hubby bought me this for more than just the ability to read library books but still that is important to me. Thank you for your input.