Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 22:23:29 10/29/03
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On October 30, 2003 at 00:55:31, Keith Evans wrote: >On October 30, 2003 at 00:42:41, Mike Byrne wrote: > >>On October 30, 2003 at 00:18:57, margolies,marc wrote: >> >>>heck if you can get the proprietary e-book content into microsoft word, why not >>>just save it as a text file and read it on your axim? or use word to convert it >>>into a standard pdf? >>>thanks for the little script. i am gonna take a gander at this 'wintask' >>> >> >>it gets in as a bitmap ... >> > >It sounds like you would have been better served by buying a used paperback >book. Bitmaps probably don't print out very well. I once bought a technical book >in ebook format and regretted it. The first token was lost somehow, but Amazon >issued me a second. Fortunately I could easily print the book from ebook reader >because the document allowed it, but in the end I would have been better off >just being patient and ordering a printed copy. I found the ebook interface just >awful, much much worse than a normal Acrobat pdf file so that's why I wanted to >print it. Maybe it's improved, but I fear that if I upgrade the ebook reader, >then I'll lose rights to view that book. > >-K I actually looked a little bit , this book is tough to find. It printed out find, I zoom in to 200% Reader, when you paste into Word, it automatically fits everything on one page. You cannot tell that I printed the bitmap from text with your naked eye at all. The Downside is that I now have a binder as opposed to the book. The upside, I can always reprint a page if it gets lost or damage. Another upside is that it is nice big print. That's a plus as you get older. On semi-decent printer, it took about 50 minutes to print 536 pages. With the the little script I wrote and WinTask - it was a breeze.
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