PDF on the palm?

[at_524]

Is there anyway to read a pdf file (well to put a pdf file) on my T3 without paying $50 to upgrade to docs to go premium?

[SoS]

adobe reader for palm is free but has some problems.

[Ryetee]

I'm using Abode Reader v 3.05 and have found it to be very good. I don't need spreadsheets so I use Wordsmith. The combination of those two prgrams saves an awful lot of space compared with Docs to Go.

[martinr]

Agreed - the palm adobe reader - available from the adobe website is ok - just don't expect any bells and whistles...

Just thinking back a few years when my psion 5mx could create and read native pdf files... why can't my t3....

[SoS]

Originally posted by martinr


Just thinking back a few years when my psion 5mx could create and read native pdf files... why can't my t3....

yup, thats progress....:confused:

[at_524]

Ok I've installed adobe reader on my palm but I'm having trouble getting the pdy to show up on the palm.

How do I get adobe to see the file? Does it need to be on the internal memory? If so how do I get it there?

Thanks again :)

[martinr]

You need to transfer .pdf files using the desktop utility on your pc, to convert them to a readable format for use on the palm.

Sadly the palm application cannot read native pdf.

(i refer back to my memories of native pdf support on a humble 5mx)

Hint - if you open then pdf on your desktop, then there may be a tool bar button to "send to palm"

[bdb]

I too wish that you could use native PDF's on the palm. However, another option which I highly recommend is Repligo ($29.95) which in my opinion does a great job of retaining original PDF document format but also allows for easy reading.

Pro - Great job of reading PDFs (and any document you can print) - much better than Adobe which you still have to format for the Palm.
Con - isn't free (although 14 day trial is)
I think you'll be hooked in 14 days -- I was!

http://www.cerience.com/viewers/pc.php

Brian

[Ryetee]

I have had no problems with Adobe for Palm loaded on my 1 gigabyte SD card: it automatically recognises all .pdf files - which I load to the card, anyway. Works like a charm.

[martinr]

Originally posted by Ryetee
I have had no problems with Adobe for Palm loaded on my 1 gigabyte SD card: it automatically recognises all .pdf files - which I load to the card, anyway. Works like a charm.

Sorry, are you saying that you have achieved native .pdf support by having the reading and the .pdf files on the sd card

[at_524]

Ok thanks for that :)

However when I try to convert the pdf I get this error:
"Error converting to tagged PDF: Could not update object structure. [2]"

Grrr not having much luck this week lol
btw the file is a pdf magazine and has animations in, could this be the cause?

Thanks.

[martinr]

I think that animations might fall under the bells and whistles that you don't get on the palm version.

I have had problems converting more complex pdf documents using this, but I have DTG premium, and that works ok (although you still wouldn't get the animations)

[Ryetee]

I think martinr is correct - that the animation feature is not included in the Palm version...which is really a "stripped down" version. I have had a look at the program as it stands on my handheld and animation is certainly not a feature.

[at_524]

Thanks for confirming that.

Is there any way to strip all the animations before conversion?