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Format Issues Ive noticed - Windows

Thu, 08/07/2008 - 10:15 — fujitsufreak

Okay, I have noticed some issues with file formats in Stanza Desktop.

1. PDF's dont seem to be working for me, even the most basic PDF won't open. Stanza just shows a blank page.

2. RTF's dont show apostrophes or quotation marks. FIX: Save it as plain text (.txt) which works.

3. Stanza Desktop will not recognize chapter breaks. Chapter 1: Alone (for example) will not be recognized. Neither will Chapter 1.

Any ideas?

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Tue, 08/12/2008 - 01:35 — marc
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There are some known issues

There are some known issues with accented characters in RTF files, and your workaround of first saving it as text is a good one. As for the chapter breaks, if you try just "Chapter 1", "Chapter 2", etc., and distribute them more-or-less evenly throughout the document, Stanza should pick them up.

As for the PDF, can you ensure that it actually contains text and not just images? Many PDFs are just a collection of images; you can identify them as such by trying to select text in Preview.app or Acrobat Reader.

Tue, 08/12/2008 - 17:05 — fujitsufreak

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I can confirm that the .pdf is full of text and not images.

Tue, 08/12/2008 - 22:01 — marc
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If you select all the text in

If you select all the text in the PDF, select Edit-Copy, and then go to Stanza and select "New From Clipboard", does it display the text?

Wed, 08/13/2008 - 21:27 — fujitsufreak

yes

yes it does. ill just stick with that. Thanks.

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