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Error when reading PDF

Mon, 01/19/2009 - 08:13 — Anonymous

I tried to import some PDF books in Stanza, but books display are just unreadable.
I tried with smaller PDF and it works.

Any ideas ?

You can see some screenshots here:
http://insaneindabrain.com/files/image1.png
http://insaneindabrain.com/files/image2.png
http://insaneindabrain.com/files/image3.png

Cya,
Vincent.

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Mon, 01/19/2009 - 11:01 — Emily
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Is it possible that your

Is it possible that your files are all images rather than text? Open your document in Adobe Reader or Preview, and try copying and pasting text from your document to Notepad.exe or TextEdit.app.

If you can copy and paste, then select all the text, copy it, then launch Stanza Desktop and choose File->New From Clipboard.

Mon, 01/19/2009 - 10:47 — withak

That looks pretty normal for

That looks pretty normal for a PDF. Try starting with a real ebook format, PDF is terrible for ebooks if you want to do anything but print it out.

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