muyongshi Posted October 30, 2007 at 02:49 AM Report Posted October 30, 2007 at 02:49 AM I was wondering if anyone knows how to take a downloaded .txt file and convert it using adobe Acrobat Pro to convert it into a Palm eReader readable eBook. The first thing I encountered is a encoding issue in bringing the text into a PDF document but I thought I had it fixed simply by saving the text with a different encoding. It brought it into PDF just fine but once in Acrobat I can't do anything to get it into eBook format. I've read through Acrobats manual and it doesn't really help and I have checked out eReaders sight but they don't really say anything since they want you to BUY their books... I have never used eBooks and I am kind of at a loss and not sure if it is Acrobat, my Palm, eReader, or a Chinese thing. Any help would be appreciated! Quote
roddy Posted October 30, 2007 at 07:56 AM Report Posted October 30, 2007 at 07:56 AM Before I tell you to give up and do it my way, do you actually need them in Palm reader format, or would anything be ok as long as you can read it on a Palm? Quote
muyongshi Posted October 30, 2007 at 11:38 AM Author Report Posted October 30, 2007 at 11:38 AM The latter.... (just so long as I don't have to pay money ) Quote
roddy Posted October 30, 2007 at 11:54 AM Report Posted October 30, 2007 at 11:54 AM No need to mess around with Acrobat and Palm eReader or whatever it's called then. Easier solutions which I've used are: Put a Word document onto your Palm and read it with Documents to go. This is by far and away the easiest, assuming you have Documents to go and that it's a version that plays well with CJKOS. You can also edit the document if necessary. Note, transfer the .doc across directly, do not use the DtG desktop software to convert it. TealDoc can also handle Chinese, but I'm not sure how free it is or what process is necessary to get stuff onto the palm in a readable format. If you have Internet access set up, there are a couple of roundabout methods. One is simply to email it to yourself - I've done this a couple of times. I use Snapper, I assume Versamail would work just as well. Or, make a webpage, visit it, read it. Blazer will let you save the page for offline viewing. Another idea I just had is a bit clumsy and only really suitable for short texts but guarantees no encoding issues - take a screenshot, save it as a jpg and put on your palm. Quote
muyongshi Posted October 30, 2007 at 11:58 AM Author Report Posted October 30, 2007 at 11:58 AM Okay well that is how I am doing it now but the problem I find is that i can't keep my place in the book and that is why I thought it would be better to use and actual eBook reader.... Thanks! Quote
roddy Posted October 30, 2007 at 12:07 PM Report Posted October 30, 2007 at 12:07 PM That's a fair point, you do lose your place. Quote
gato Posted October 30, 2007 at 12:15 PM Report Posted October 30, 2007 at 12:15 PM TealDoc is not too expensive, and it works well with PlecoDict 1.0's instant access (instant access will no longer be available in 2.0) http://www.tealpoint.com/softdoc.htm TealDoc Read and Edit Documents on the Go Quote
badr Posted October 30, 2007 at 02:39 PM Report Posted October 30, 2007 at 02:39 PM adobe offers a free converter that will format any pdf appropriately and allow you to read it on the palm using the adobe pdf reader for palm. Also, there is a software called "dropbook" that will take any .txt file and convert it to ebook (.pdb) format so that you can read it on your palm in ereader. those are the two solutions I use and they work just fine Quote
muyongshi Posted October 31, 2007 at 04:50 AM Author Report Posted October 31, 2007 at 04:50 AM With dropbook though it is having massive problems with the character in my attempts to convert from a txt file.... I have attempted every encoding my computer will allow in the save option... I hated the pdf Reader for palm and so I would hope to avoid it.... Thanks for the tips though...will keep playing around and see if I can get something to work. Quote
Ole Posted October 31, 2007 at 09:26 AM Report Posted October 31, 2007 at 09:26 AM Hi Muyongshi, Have you tried mobipocket ? hope it helps, Ole Quote
muyongshi Posted October 31, 2007 at 09:50 AM Author Report Posted October 31, 2007 at 09:50 AM No, no I haven't...... (downloading) (installing) Ok...now I have! It's a decent reader but the problem is still that I first have to get the things into a pdb format so still no cigar in solving my problem.... I think, unless someone comes up with something else for me to try, docs to go is what I will be using Quote
imron Posted October 31, 2007 at 09:59 AM Report Posted October 31, 2007 at 09:59 AM What about this one. Unfortunately it's Windows only, but it has support for Chinese. Quote
roddy Posted October 31, 2007 at 10:04 AM Report Posted October 31, 2007 at 10:04 AM Mobipocket's desktop software will let you convert stuff and send it to your palm, but I'm not sure how it handles Chinese - last time I tried I think it didn't but it might be worth a try. I don't think you need to pay for the desktop software because . . . I've got it. . . . and I would never . . . ever . . . .y'know. Ok, just tried it - it lost the Chinese when importing a word document. Quote
muyongshi Posted October 31, 2007 at 10:09 AM Author Report Posted October 31, 2007 at 10:09 AM What about a plain txt document?..although I imagine they would handle the encoding the same for the characters.. Quote
roddy Posted October 31, 2007 at 10:21 AM Report Posted October 31, 2007 at 10:21 AM I don't know, what happens why you try it? Incidentally you can save .txt documents in a number of different encodings - look for the drop down box in the Save As dialog. Also try different encodings of HTML pages. Let us know how you get on You can get the software for free, I just checked. Quote
muyongshi Posted October 31, 2007 at 10:41 AM Author Report Posted October 31, 2007 at 10:41 AM I don't know what happens when YOU try it.... Just realized why I didn't see the desktop version...there isn't one for Mac! Anyway after looking everything and trying pretty much everything.....I think the best option is just docs to go...if I run into another option I'll let you know... Thanks for all the help! Quote
choisum Posted October 31, 2007 at 01:11 PM Report Posted October 31, 2007 at 01:11 PM My favourite method is to copy the text file onto an SD card and read it using the free txtMemo program, you can find it on http://www.palmgear.com Otherwise Plucker + Sunrise XP, will convert Chinese webpages and text files for offline reading on the Palm. The dictionary lookup doesn't work very well though. Quote
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