OverDrive, Inc. recently opened www.ebookexpress.com a free site for creating Microsoft Reader eBooks. Simply upload your source file and cover art and eBook...
Sarah L. Wood
swood@...
Mar 1, 2001 7:23 pm
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... From: "Sarah L. Wood" <swood@...> To: <ms_reader@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 11:19 AM Subject: [ms_reader]...
GLB Publishers
glbpubs@...
Mar 1, 2001 10:39 pm
212
One question I have, which I'd be surprised if I'm the only here who is interested in the answer, is which PocketPC (PPC) device (brand and make) should I use...
noring@...
Mar 2, 2001 11:02 pm
213
... who is ... make) ... I've owned both the HP and Compaq Pocket PCs. I would recommend the Compaq unit for testing. All the Pocket PCs are the same...
Paul Stork
pxs23@...
Mar 3, 2001 2:42 am
214
I have an e-manual which is composed of several folderss each containing an html document. How xcan I combine all of them into one .lit document?...
Dan H.
leaford1@...
Mar 3, 2001 1:20 pm
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... I would say there are three factors, or even four -- color depth is one and probably the most important. The iPAQ has 32MB of memory and a significantly...
roger.sperberg@...
Mar 3, 2001 2:40 pm
216
I was looking at the description of Hitachi's keyboardless 800x600 ePlate. It says that it runs WinCE 3.0. I know that the PocketPC runs its own version of...
roger.sperberg@...
Mar 3, 2001 2:44 pm
217
... This begs another "newbie" question regarding WinCE 3.0 and PocketPC. What is the difference, if any, between "PocketPC" and "WinCE 3.0"? Obviously WinCE...
noring@...
Mar 3, 2001 4:20 pm
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... and ... or ... Good point on the loading time. ... HP ... screen. You are incorrect. I have an iPAQ 3630 and ClearType works just fine. I'm not sure what...
Paul Stork
pxs23@...
Mar 3, 2001 10:48 pm
219
... Right now MS Reader for Pocket PC only runs on selected Pocket PCs that include the reader in ROM. For example, the Symbol Pocket PC that is designed for...
Paul Stork
pxs23@...
Mar 3, 2001 10:59 pm
220
... The interesting question is when Microsoft upgrades MS Reader PPC how those with current PocketPC devices will be able to upgrade. I assume at that time...
noring@...
Mar 4, 2001 12:20 am
221
... how ... assume ... their ... The Compaq iPAQ ROM is Flashable. The HP ROM is not and I'm not sure about the Casio, but I don't think its flashable either....
Paul Stork
pxs23@...
Mar 4, 2001 3:45 am
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... This is my understanding too. Yet in the Windows directory of my HP PocketPC is a file called ebook.exe that is 405KB in size. When you click on that file,...
roger.sperberg@...
Mar 4, 2001 5:46 am
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... I don't have an iPAQ and I'm not a tech person, but this is how I remember what was explained to me some months ago. To hint at curves and diagonals,...
roger.sperberg@...
Mar 4, 2001 6:04 am
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... I would like to know what the sales of the Casio, HP and Compaq are (in round numbers). The only thing I've found so far are a November 2000 estimate of...
roger.sperberg@...
Mar 4, 2001 7:38 am
225
... Files in ROM appear in the regular directories along with files in RAM. The only way to tell the difference is that you can't delete the files in RAM....
Paul Stork
pxs23@...
Mar 4, 2001 1:11 pm
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... curves ... turning ... green ... are ... and ... the ... I don't think I can give a really technical engineering explanation for sub pixel rendering...
Paul Stork
pxs23@...
Mar 4, 2001 1:21 pm
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... but ... is ... A user can do it as well. I'll see if I can find the info on how to do it and re-produce it here. I've seen it on a couple of Pocket PC ...
Paul Stork
pxs23@...
Mar 4, 2001 1:24 pm
228
It's accessable via a run line command (which I can't recall offhand) but you then have to reset the HP, and re-align the stylus for the new orientation. I...
Dan H.
leaford1@...
Mar 4, 2001 3:19 pm
229
What are the proofing issues related to different PocketPC devices? Why would color depth be of a concern to a text-only book, or is it? Do the HP and Compaq...
C. Mambretti
icona@...
Mar 4, 2001 3:58 pm
230
Catherine Text-only wouldn't generate an issue. However, for cover art and/or internal photos, there definitely would be an issue! Barry Bridgeford Visit...
Sympatico
barrybri@...
Mar 4, 2001 10:37 pm
231
... Text won't really make a difference, although hyphenation support will do some strange things to titles on the smaller screen. But any kind of graphic...
Paul Stork
pxs23@...
Mar 5, 2001 12:18 pm
232
... By and large ordinary text (within paragraph structures) should work fairly predictably, but the use of other layout structures (such as lists and lists in...
noring@...
Mar 5, 2001 2:20 pm
233
... On the PocketPC, your text displays in Frutiger Linotype, even if you spec'd a serif font. You may have specified a larger size, which makes things more ...
roger.sperberg@...
Mar 5, 2001 4:21 pm
234
Does anyone know about the new PocketPC's coming from Toshiba and Palmax? Memory, cpu, speed, color depth and expandability -- and will they have the identical...
Roger Sperberg
roger.sperberg@...
Mar 5, 2001 8:32 pm
235
I have successfully installed MS Reader on two notebooks but have failed to get it to work on two Desktop PCs (running Windows ME and Windows 98). I have...
DVScott@...
Mar 9, 2001 11:46 pm
236
I've noticed when MS Reader for the Desktop displays images, it tends to darken colors, some more than others (in the case of the color "gold", it is quite...
noring@...
Mar 10, 2001 12:25 am
237
To clarify my last post, upon further experimentation, I determined that the problem with some colors significantly darkening when displayed in MS Reader for...
noring@...
Mar 10, 2001 2:23 am
238
When using a pocket pc it's easy enough to turn the unit sideways when looking at an image, but this isn't so simple when using a notebook or desktop pc. Is...
bgeorge@...
Mar 10, 2001 4:01 pm
239
I looked at all the messages but haven't seen any answers to this question. I have installed ms reader from amazon, barnes and noble, and from microsoft. Each...
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