06-11-2010, 05:23 PM | #1 |
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Damaged screen, any way to format the text around this?
Hi, I haven't got an ebook reader yet, but a buddy has offered to sell me his old prs 505 for £20.
However the top right part of the screen is damaged so the first two lines won't display properly. Is it possible to format my files so that there will be a gap there in a simple enough manner? |
06-11-2010, 06:28 PM | #2 |
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If you don't mind converting your ebooks to PDFs, you can insert a top margin large enough to have no text in the damaged area. You can do this fairly easily with Calibre.
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06-11-2010, 06:36 PM | #3 |
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thanks man, you've just saved me 100 quid!
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06-11-2010, 06:55 PM | #4 |
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You can change the margins on lrf files too, iirc. No need to use PDF and potentially lose images etc in reflow.
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06-11-2010, 07:50 PM | #5 |
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If you are familiar with the command line, you can use pielrf. This is a powerful (if I do say so myself!) tool for formatting text and non-CSS HTML files to LRF. It takes arguments, and the one you're looking for is "--screenheight=HEIGHT" where you decrease the height to "push" the text down.
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pielrf -i book-file.txt -o book-file.lrf -t "Book Title" -a "Author" --screenheight=670 You can find the pielrf download and instructions in the following thread: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=10752 You can also download Sony's Reader Software (free), and check the generated LRF and see if it fits your needs. While not required, pielrf looks for the "<chapter>" tag to start each chapter. I recommend you add this tag, as it gives you a nice TOC for navigation (among other things). -Pie |
06-12-2010, 03:59 PM | #6 |
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If you're not familiar with the command line: Just put your books under C:\
Put pielrf there, too. Run -> cmd cd.. cd.. and continue from there. I find this usually easier when I'm doing any converting through commandline, as it's a lot less navigating around. :P |
06-12-2010, 08:21 PM | #7 |
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Easier way is to use calibre to convert book to ePub and add the following extra CSS during conversion:
body { margin-top: 2em; } You might need to adjust that to 3em or 4em. But that should push the text down below the damaged area. |
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