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Re: Best ebook software or method for a 250-page book from PDF to Kindle
Subject:Re: Best ebook software or method for a 250-page book from PDF to Kindle From:Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>, Jay Maechtlen <techwriter -at- laserpubs -dot- com> Date:Thu, 5 Nov 2020 17:50:21 +0000 (UTC)
Word 2013 has some problems creating PDFs.
I have found it will NOT handle odd oversize paper specifications. It will make PDFs just fine if the pages are sized at a standard like 11 x 17, or 8.5 x 11. But if I try a paper size like 12 x 14, the resulting PDF comes out with page dimensions of 8.5 x 11, and the content is truncated improperly.
Also, Word has a problem with image resolution in the finished PDFs. I found that when Word puts an image in a PDF, it looks a bit fuzzy and the colors are a little dull. If I make a PDF that includes images, I use PDF Pro.exe. It doesn't give me the problems that Word does.
On Tuesday, November 3, 2020, 8:32:14 PM CST, Jay Maechtlen <techwriter -at- laserpubs -dot- com> wrote:
The current version of Word (desktop of course, not the web app) does as
good a job of reading a PDF as anything else I've tried.
Of course, the footnotes and such will be - interesting...
On 10/27/2020 11:12 AM, Emoto wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 1:39 PM Raphael Workman <raphaelworkman -at- comcast -dot- net>
> wrote:
>
>> ... Now the only proofread version of this 250-plus-page book is the PDF.
>>
> Apologies for posting without helpful info, but I am compelled to point out
> that the line above makes the baby Jesus cry.
>
> And now I apologise to anyone who might be offended by my line above.
>
> All best,
>
> Bob
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