Classic Disabling pdf reflow?

kbs · 12-14-2009, 08:56 PM

I have pdf content formatted to fit the screen, but it appears that the nook reflows the text anyway, and not particularly well (compared to the original, pdftex-formatted content.)

Has someone figured out a way to get the nook to simply render the pdf
as-is?

-kb

wallcraft · 12-15-2009, 01:48 AM

The Nook is the first mobile ADE-based device not to include a "full page" view as one of its PDF options. This was a mistake - in part because of screen-sized PDFs but also because a full page view can help with understanding the reflowed version.

In order to disable reflow for a given page you need to provide an element on the page that can't be discarded and can't be reflowed. Can pdftex draw a box around the text, e.g. in the page margin? That might work. If not, I have seen PDFs (and LaTeX) with DRAFT on a diagonal across the page in gray. This might disable reflow, and it might do so even if the DRAFT (or NO-REFLOW) was invisible, i.e. drawn in white or a pale gray that maps to white with 16 grayscales. Note that the DRAFT should be text, rather than an image. I have seen reflow discard full-page background images in some cases.

Kolenka · 12-15-2009, 03:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wallcraft

The Nook is the first mobile ADE-based device not to include a "full page" view as one of its PDF options. This was a mistake - in part because of screen-sized PDFs but also because a full page view can help with understanding the reflowed version.

In order to disable reflow for a given page you need to provide an element on the page that can't be discarded and can't be reflowed. Can pdftex draw a box around the text, e.g. in the page margin? That might work. If not, I have seen PDFs (and LaTeX) with DRAFT on a diagonal across the page in gray. This might disable reflow, and it might do so even if the DRAFT (or NO-REFLOW) was invisible, i.e. drawn in white or a pale gray that maps to white with 16 grayscales. Note that the DRAFT should be text, rather than an image. I have seen reflow discard full-page background images in some cases.

When I was playing with one... "Small" font size seemed to map to no reflow. All 4 other sizes enabled reflow. This was pretty consistent with my PRS-505.

wallcraft · 12-15-2009, 10:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kolenka

When I was playing with one... "Small" font size seemed to map to no reflow. All 4 other sizes enabled reflow. This was pretty consistent with my PRS-505.

I agree that this is the way mobile ADE usually works. I have not seen a Nook, but a couple of reports on PDFs suggested that small was not full screen. If it is, then kbs's problem goes away.

kbs · 12-15-2009, 12:25 PM

Thank you for the suggestions --- setting the font size to "small" did turn off reflow for my PDF file, And it now looks just the way I want it.

Thanks! -kb

Kolenka · 12-15-2009, 02:52 PM

This matches what I saw in the store.

It's weird, since XS, M, L, XL all reflow, but S doesn't. It is rather unintuitive.

12-14-2009, 08:56 PM	#1
kbs Member Posts: 16 Karma: 880 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: nook, prs-505, iphone	Disabling pdf reflow? I have pdf content formatted to fit the screen, but it appears that the nook reflows the text anyway, and not particularly well (compared to the original, pdftex-formatted content.) Has someone figured out a way to get the nook to simply render the pdf as-is? -kb

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12-15-2009, 01:48 AM	#2
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,975 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	The Nook is the first mobile ADE-based device not to include a "full page" view as one of its PDF options. This was a mistake - in part because of screen-sized PDFs but also because a full page view can help with understanding the reflowed version. In order to disable reflow for a given page you need to provide an element on the page that can't be discarded and can't be reflowed. Can pdftex draw a box around the text, e.g. in the page margin? That might work. If not, I have seen PDFs (and LaTeX) with DRAFT on a diagonal across the page in gray. This might disable reflow, and it might do so even if the DRAFT (or NO-REFLOW) was invisible, i.e. drawn in white or a pale gray that maps to white with 16 grayscales. Note that the DRAFT should be text, rather than an image. I have seen reflow discard full-page background images in some cases.

12-15-2009, 12:25 PM	#5
kbs Member Posts: 16 Karma: 880 Join Date: Jun 2009 Device: nook, prs-505, iphone	Thank you for the suggestions --- setting the font size to "small" did turn off reflow for my PDF file, And it now looks just the way I want it. Thanks! -kb

12-15-2009, 02:52 PM	#6
Kolenka <Insert Wit Here> Posts: 1,017 Karma: 1275899 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Puget Sound Device: Kindle Oasis, Kobo Forma	This matches what I saw in the store. It's weird, since XS, M, L, XL all reflow, but S doesn't. It is rather unintuitive.