Comments on: Kindle 2 PDF FAQ + Conversion Video http://ireaderreview.com/2009/02/09/kindle-2-pdf-faq-pdf-kindle-20-conversion-questions/ Kindle Review, Kindle Fire Review, New Kindle Review, Kindle 4 Review Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:22:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: st http://ireaderreview.com/2009/02/09/kindle-2-pdf-faq-pdf-kindle-20-conversion-questions/#comment-22379 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:00:22 +0000 http://thekindle.wordpress.com/?p=1715#comment-22379 “(that does not look like too high tech a question. Nobody seems to want to answer it. I need to know that before buying any E Book reader.”

You seem to be under the impression that this is the Amazon.com support forum, manned by employees who are obligated to answer your question about an Amazon product. Why?

]]> By: Kevin http://ireaderreview.com/2009/02/09/kindle-2-pdf-faq-pdf-kindle-20-conversion-questions/#comment-22371 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:15:21 +0000 http://thekindle.wordpress.com/?p=1715#comment-22371 To answer your first question, yes, you can transfer your own files to the Kindle.

Amazon can convert older Word files as is, but if I were you, I wouldn’t put into their hands what you can do yoursself. Export the Word doc to either RTF or filtered HTML and then use calibre to convert to the MobiPocket format which you can read on your Kindle. (Google calibre if need be ; it consists of free and open source ebook conversion and library software.)

(Or if you are really fussy you can export to PDF, but then you’ll need to make sure the page size and formatting are exactly what you want because you won’t be able to reflow later.)

]]> By: switch11 http://ireaderreview.com/2009/02/09/kindle-2-pdf-faq-pdf-kindle-20-conversion-questions/#comment-22361 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 15:07:44 +0000 http://thekindle.wordpress.com/?p=1715#comment-22361 Amazon supports conversion from Word to Kindle format. You’ll need to use their conversion service. It might not work with Word 97 (not sure if that format is compatible with the newer one) so you might need to get a newer version of word.

If you can export it as Text or PDF then both those formats work natively on the Kindle. On your kindle 3 move the text of pdf file to the ‘Documents’ folder of the Kindle 3 and then it’ll show up on the home page.

]]> By: Bob Van Devender http://ireaderreview.com/2009/02/09/kindle-2-pdf-faq-pdf-kindle-20-conversion-questions/#comment-22349 Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:28:55 +0000 http://thekindle.wordpress.com/?p=1715#comment-22349 I keep getting a runaround trying to answer a simple
question. I am writing an e book in MS Word 97 form, which I intend to convert to PDF, if needed to publish
it in E Book format. (I just bought an E Book, which is a CD full of “vanilla” PDF files.)

Can I transfer MY OWN book to a Kindle E Book Reader? And move it from PC or CD to Kindle?

(that does not look like too high tech a question. Nobody seems to want to answer it. I need to know that before buying any E Book reader.

TkS
bobvandev@juno.com

]]> By: switch11 http://ireaderreview.com/2009/02/09/kindle-2-pdf-faq-pdf-kindle-20-conversion-questions/#comment-19326 Sun, 20 Jun 2010 02:31:48 +0000 http://thekindle.wordpress.com/?p=1715#comment-19326 Yes. Yes. 2.5 update adds the ability to pan and zoom so you can zoom into scanned PDFs.

]]> By: Noi http://ireaderreview.com/2009/02/09/kindle-2-pdf-faq-pdf-kindle-20-conversion-questions/#comment-19323 Sat, 19 Jun 2010 21:17:17 +0000 http://thekindle.wordpress.com/?p=1715#comment-19323 Can you read a pdf that is not OCR, just a scanned version of a page (Like are often handed out by teachers.)
and is it easy to read after version 2.5.3 of the kindle 2

]]> By: switch11 http://ireaderreview.com/2009/02/09/kindle-2-pdf-faq-pdf-kindle-20-conversion-questions/#comment-18066 Thu, 20 May 2010 22:09:06 +0000 http://thekindle.wordpress.com/?p=1715#comment-18066 Both. Kindle DX supported PDF natively since launch.
Kindle 2 supports PDF natively since end of last year.

Kindle 2.5 update coming out at the end of May will support Zoom in PDFs.

]]> By: JamminOnTheOne http://ireaderreview.com/2009/02/09/kindle-2-pdf-faq-pdf-kindle-20-conversion-questions/#comment-18058 Thu, 20 May 2010 17:45:04 +0000 http://thekindle.wordpress.com/?p=1715#comment-18058 “The Kindle has natively supported PDF files since the last auto-update ”

Which Kindle? DX, 2 or both?

]]> By: switch11 http://ireaderreview.com/2009/02/09/kindle-2-pdf-faq-pdf-kindle-20-conversion-questions/#comment-12686 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:57:58 +0000 http://thekindle.wordpress.com/?p=1715#comment-12686 Stanza for Mac is one option. Mobipocket Creator Publisher Edition and Calibre may or may not have Mac support.

]]> By: Jon Soeder http://ireaderreview.com/2009/02/09/kindle-2-pdf-faq-pdf-kindle-20-conversion-questions/#comment-12683 Thu, 25 Mar 2010 22:50:51 +0000 http://thekindle.wordpress.com/?p=1715#comment-12683 to clarify, I use a Mac.

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