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Old 12-19-2012, 03:00 PM   #1
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Question (Newbie) Afew Qs about the kindle paperwhite...
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Ive been looking through some threads on tips which have been helpful, so i continue to do that but i have a question regarding PDF files on this device, now i am sure it said it supports these files, but when i found one online to download straight to the kindle, it said something about you can only download mobi files a listed some other ones? very confused, so can they only be added by the pc, or do they need to be converted etc. i keep reading threads about programs and that jail breaking needs to be done to read pdfs etc..

appreciate any help...
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Old 12-19-2012, 03:03 PM   #2
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You don't need to jailbreak to read PDF, but you'll need to add it via USB as the web browser doesn't support downloading PDF.
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Old 12-19-2012, 03:06 PM   #3
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Ok i got it...so can this also be done by emailing the pdf to the kindle email address? which will then show up on the device?
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Old 12-19-2012, 03:15 PM   #4
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Yes. If you put 'convert' in the subject line, it will be converted to Kindle format.
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Old 12-19-2012, 03:18 PM   #5
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Yes. If you put 'convert' in the subject line, it will be converted to Kindle format.
oh really...now that makes it easier then. will try that asap. cheers for the help
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It has been my experience that the conversion of the PDFs is rather hit or miss. In most instances I end up having to transfer the PDF, as the conversion is unuseable.
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Old 12-20-2012, 06:11 AM   #7
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It has been my experience that the conversion of the PDFs is rather hit or miss. In most instances I end up having to transfer the PDF, as the conversion is unuseable.
i have just done the email thing and it sets it out much better but yes very difficult to zoom in and read. i will try he normal manual transfer. i heard if you jailbreak the kindle their are programs that work very well.
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Currently I know only of Duokan (is it also Paperwhite now or only KTouch?). Kindlepdfviewer will still need some development work in order to get the functionality on the KTouch/KPW that it has now on the KKeyboard/KDX/K2.
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