Except that when you convert a PDF file to text, you often get some extremely peculiar and idiosyncratic formatting that can render sections of the document almost unusable. ----- Original Message ----- From: <ljmaher@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 5:55 PM Subject: [bookport] Re: can book port read .pdf files? You can convert the pdf files to text, and read them. Regards Louis Maher ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Ring" <ring.richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 1:10 PM Subject: [bookport] Re: can book port read .pdf files? > Unfortunately, the Bookport cannot read .PDF files at this time. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Keith > Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 12:41 PM > To: bookport > Subject: [bookport] can book port read .pdf files? > > > I am thinking about purchasing a book port, and am wondering if the book > > port can read .pdf files? If so, can the book port give you a choice > on > whether to read a .pdf file as two seperate columns, like a magazine, > or a > novel scanned or a single column, like a standard document from word or > > what not? > > Thanks > > Keith > > > >