A Guide for Creating PDFs for the Sony Reader

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User’s Guide to Creating PDFsfor the Sony ® Reader

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http://www.sony.net/



Table of Contents

I. Introduction

Portab le Document Format PDF Crea tion Sof tware Sony ® Rea der sc ree n d imensions

and spe cifica tions Font rec om me nda tions for the Sony ® Reader

II. Crea ting PDFs from Word Proc essing Doc uments

Create wo rd proc essing d oc uments with op timized d imensions and layout in Microsoft ®

Word a nd Ope nOffice.org Writer Ge nerate PDFs with approp riate sett ings using

Ad ob e PDF or PDF Crea tor p rinter

III. Crea ting PDFs from Presenta tions

Create presentations with optimized dimensions and layout in Microsoft ® Pow erPoint a nd

Op enOffic e.org Impress Ge nerate PDFs with a pp rop ria te sett ings using Ad ob e PDF or

PDF Creator printer

IV. Crea ting PDFs from Professiona l Layout App lica tions

Crea te p resenta tions w ith op timized d imensions and layout in Qua rkXPress ® software a nd

Adobe ® InDesign Ensure p rop er font and ima ge emb ed ding Ge nerate PDFs with

appropriate sett ings using Adob e PDF or PDF Crea to r printe r

V. Doing more with Adob e ® Acrobat

Refo rmat an existing PDF for use o n the Sony® Rea der Enhanc e na vigation o f your PDF

with internal linking Crea te a Sony® Rea der-opt imized PDF preset for stream lined PDF

generation Imp ort an e xisting Sony® Rea der-op timized PDF preset into yo ur system

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I. Introduction

PDF (Portable Doc ument Format)

PDF (Portab le Doc ument Format ) is a c ross-platform, device-indep end ent pag e

de sc ription languag e and file format de velop ed by Ad ob e System s. Its prima ry use is to

rend er, store, and transmit forma tted pa ge s, ca pt uring the e ntire p ag e struc ture o f a

do c ument just a s it would ha ve b een rendered by a Postsc rip t p rinter.

Most c om mo n file forma ts c an b e c onve rted to PDF using Adob e ® Acrobat ® Stand ard or

Profe ssiona l or othe r PDF rendering a pp lic a tions, som e o f which are a va ilab le at no cost.

Ma ny p rofe ssiona l book, magazine, and other printe rs p refer to b e supp lied w ith PDFs for

p rinting bec ause it is a stand ard ized forma t and bec ause unless a PDF is delibera tely

ed ited , its conte nts c an be c onsidered safe from unintend ed a lterat ion. Prop erly

ge nerated and handled , PDFs c an ba sica lly be thoug ht of as a fa ithful elec tronic

rep resenta tion of the print version o f any d oc ument .

One of the key d ifferenc es betw een a PDF and an ima ge file forma t (like jpe g, gif, etc .) is

that PDF preserves forma tting e lements suc h a s fonts and grap hics by em be dding them

into the file in a ma nner tha t can b e ma nag ed via va rious settings.

PDF is an exce llent mea ns of d isplaying c ontent from a va riety of c om mon c onsumer

ap p lic ations, inc luding the Microsoft ® Offic e suite o f ap p lic at ions and their

Op enOffic e.org op en source counte rpa rts, on the Sony ® Rea der. The key to g ene ra ting

PDFs tha t w ill disp lay c learly on the Rea der is to size the PDF prop erly when you c rea te it,

and to set ma rg ins, font sizes, etc . within a rang e tha t is suited to the Rea der’s sc reen size

and resolution. This instruct iona l doc ume nt is intend ed to p rovide a ll the informa tion

nec essa ry to c rea te PDFs that a re ready to be view ed in the Sony Rea de r from a va riety

of com mon ap plic ations.

PDF Creation Software

On a c om pute r running the Microsoft Windo ws ® op erating system , you will need to ha ve

PDF c rea tion softw are insta lled in order to g ene ra te PDFs from within the c om mo n

de sktop a pp lic at ions c ove red in this instruc tional doc ument . Two go od op tions are

Ad ob e Ac rob at (either Ac rob at Standa rd or Acrob at Professional) and PDF Creato r.

Ad ob e Ac rob at Standard a nd Professional, unlike the free Ad ob e Rea de r, are used to

c rea te, ed it, and ad d featu res to PDFs. (Ad ob e Rea der ca n only be used to view them.)

The Professional version of the Adob e Ac rob a t softwa re inc ludes a numb er of features

and capab ilities of inte rest to p rofe ssiona l users, but Ac rob a t Standa rd is ofte n sufficient

for crea ting PDFs for the Sony Rea der. These a pp lic a tions a re ava ilab le for purc hase a t

http:// www .ad obe.com /p roduc ts/a crobat/ .

PDF Creato r is an open source alternative to Ad ob e Ac rob at Standard or Professional for

ge nerating PDFs from do c uments c rea ted in Window s app lica tions. It ha s be en released

unde r the te rms of the GNU Ge neral Public Lic ense a nd is ava ilable fo r dow nload at

http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ .

Onc e you ha ve suc cessfully insta lled one of the se ap plic at ions, you w ill be able to

c rea te PDFs using the p rint menu o f your ap p lic a tions.

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The Sony ® Reader sc reen dimensions and key spec ifica tions

Page size: 3.57” wid th x 4.82” height

(90.6 mm x 122.4 mm )

Screen

resolution: 166 dot s per inch (DPI)

Pixel c ount: 800 x 600 (SVGA)

Pixe l size: rec ta ngular, 151 x 153

micron

Grayscale

Capability:

2-bit (4 gray leve ls)

Font rec om mend ations for the Sony ® Reader

A range o f fon ts and fon t sizes will disp lay c lea rly in PDFs on the Sony Rea der. As a

ge nera l sta rting p oint, we rec om me nd using Aria l and Times Rom an as base fonts a t sizes

of 7 p oints. Text is leg ible a t 6 points, though a t this size it c an lose som e c larity. Large

fonts will tend to use up sc reen spa ce rathe r rap idly given the m aximum do c ument

dimensions.

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II. Creating PDFs from Word Processing Documents

Following these step-by-step instruct ions w ill ena b le you use w ord p roc essing softw a re t o

prod uc e PDFs tha t a re op timized for disp lay on the Sony® Rea der. The first p art o f the

ove rall proce ss is to c rea te a wo rd p roc essing doc ume nt w ith the right d imensions and

layout. The sec ond part of the p roc ess is to g ene ra te a PDF with ap prop riate sett ings.

Instruct ions for further enha nc ing yo ur PDF with links a re ava ilab le in Sec tion V (“ DoingMore w ith Adob e® Acrobat” ).

Microsoft ® Word

1. To set document size and margin set tings, selec t File Pag e Setup .

2. In the Marg ins ta b , c hec k tha t all units a re ca lculat ed in te rms of inche s. (Throughout

this instruct iona l document , all me asurements a re d isp layed in inc hes.)

3. If you need to c hange m ea surem ent units to inc hes, c lic k the “ Ca ncel” butto n, then

selec t Too ls Options.

4. In the Gene ral tab , c hang e “ Mea surem ent units” to “ inc hes.”

5. Clic k “ OK,” then nav iga te onc e aga in to File Pag e Setup .

6. In the M arg ins tab , set Left, Right, Top and Bott om ma rg ins a t 0.25” .

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7. In the Pap er tab , set w idth to 3.57” a nd he ight at 4.82” .

Under “Preview” sec tion, selec t “ Ap ply to” “Whole document.”

Press “ OK.”

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Create PDF using Ad ob e PDF or PDF Creator printer.

If you have purchased and installed Ado be ® Acrobat ® Sta nd a rd o r Professiona l, or if you

have insta lled PDF Crea tor, you c an c rea te PDFs using M icrosoft ® Word’s Print menu.

Adobe Acrobat Standard or Professional

1. Selec t File

Print.

2. For Printe r, selec t “ Ad ob e PDF.”

3. Click “Prop erties” in the “Print” d ialog b ox. (This ma y ap pea r as “ Prefe rences” instea d

of “ Prop erties,” d ep end ing on the version of Wind ow s you a re using.) Selec t the

“ Ad ob e PDF Settings” tab .

4. Clic k the “ Add Custom Pag e...” butt on.

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Nam e the c ustom pa per size “ Sony” (or wha teve r name yo u’d p refer to use) in the

“ Pape r Name s” field.

Set Wid th a t 3.57 and Heigh t a t 4.82. Set the “ Unit” as “ Inc h.” Then c lic k the

“ Ad d/ Mod ify” b utton. (This will bring you b ack to the “ Ad ob e PDF Settings” tab.)

In the future, your new c ustom size w ill be available fo r you to selec t in the “ Ad ob e PDF

Settings” tab —no ne ed to repea t the “ Add Custom Pag e” routine.

5. Selec t the “Edit” b utton next to the “Defa ult Settings” field .

6. Selec t the sett ings show n in the following figures:

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General tab

Ima ge s tab

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Fonts tab

Co lors tab

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Advanced tab

7. You can save the Ad ob e PDF sett ings tha t you just crea ted as a p reset tha t will be

available in all ap plica tions tha t ca n print. Clic k the “ Save As” b utton a nd p rovide a

name for the settings preset. Next time you w ant to c rea te a PDF op timized for the

Sony Rea der, just selec t the Ad ob e PDF printer, clic k “ Prop erties” or “ Prefe renc es,”

and selec t your preset in the “ Defa ult Sett ings” list w ithin the “ Ad ob e PDF Sett ings”

tab (see # 3 ab ove).

8. Press the “ OK” b utton and p rovide a filenam e a nd loc at ion for your PDF file to be

written to .

9. To set the filena me a nd a uthor that will ap pe ar in the Sony ® Rea de r menu, op en your

PDF in Ad ob e ® Acrobat ® Sta nd ard o r Professiona l.

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From the File m enu, selec t “ Doc ume nt Prop erties.” Type the title and author in the

corresponding fields.

PDF Creator

1. Op timize do c ume nt size and m arg in sett ings in Mic rosoft ® Word—see p . 5, step 1.

2. Selec t File Print.

3. For Printer, selec t “ PDFCrea to r.”

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4. Click “ Prope rties” in the “Print” dialog box.

Select the “ Pap er/ Quality” ta b. With the “ Color” op tion selected , clic k the “A dva nce d”

tab.

5. Selec t “ PostSc rip t Custom Page.”

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6. Set Custom Page Size Dimensions a t 3.57 Wid th by 4.82 Height , with “Inc h” a s

selec ted Unit.

Press the “ OK” b utto n.

7. In the PDF Creato r dialog b ox, type the title and author tha t you wa nt to ap pe ar in

the Sony ® Rea der file menu.

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8. Press the “ Save” butto n and provide a filenam e and loc ation for your PDF file to be

written to .

Note on links and bookma rks in your PDFs

See Sec tion V (“ Doing More w ith Ad ob e ® Ac rob at ” ) for instruc tions on using Ad ob e ®

Acrobat ® Stand ard or Professiona l to c rea te links w ithin your PDF doc ume nt tha t c an be

navigated on the Sony ® Rea der. Plea se no te, how eve r, that b oo kmarks c rea ted in

Microsoft ® Word w ill not ap pe a r in the Rea de r.

OpenOffice.org Writer

Op enOffice.org is a suite of free , op en-source , cross-platform a pp lica tions intende d to

provide a n alternative to Microsoft ® Office.

1. To set pa ge set tings, selec t Format Page.

2. In the “ Page ” t ab , c hec k that units are displayed in inc hes. (Throug hout this

instructional document, all measurements are displayed in inches.)



4. In the left pa ne, c lic k the “ +” next to the wo rds “ Op enOffice.org Writer,” the n clic k“ OK” to expa nd the selec tion. Clic k View, then chec k the “ Ruler” op tion. Selec t

“ Inch” from the d rop -dow n m enus for Horizonta l ruler and Vertica l ruler.

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5. Click “ OK,” then return to Forma t Page.

Und er “Paper Forma t,” set Width to 3.57” and Heigh t to 4.82”.

Und er “ Ma rg ins,” set a ll ma rgins to 0.25” .

Create PDF using Ad ob e PDF or PDF Creator printer.


2. For Printe r, se lec t eithe r “ Ad ob e PDF” or “ PDFCrea to r.”

3. Follow instruc tions p rovided for c rea ting PDFs in Mic rosoft ® Word using e ither of these

PDF rendering applications (see above).

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III. Creating PDFs from Presentations

Following these step -by-step instruct ions w ill ena b le you use p resenta tion softw are to

prod uc e PDFs tha t a re op timized for disp lay on the Sony ® Rea der. The first p art of the

ove ra ll p rocess is to c rea te a p resenta tion w ith the right d imensions and layou t. The

sec ond part o f the p roc ess is to ge nera te a PDF with a pprop riate sett ings. Instruct ions for

furthe r enhanc ing your PDF with links a re a va ilab le in Sec tion V (“ Doing M ore w ith

Adobe ® Acrobat”).

Microsoft ® PowerPoint ® presentation program

1. To set document size and margin set tings, selec t File Pag e Setup .

2. In the Page Setup d ialog b ox, set Width a t 3.57 inche s and Height a t 4.82 inches.

(Inc hes is the defa ult measurement un it in Pow erPoint.)

Pow erPoint doe s not support ma rgin setup .

Create PDF using Ad ob e PDF printer or PDF Creator.



3. Follow instruc tions p rovided for c rea ting PDFs in Mic rosoft ® Word using e ither of these


OpenOffice.org Impress

1. To set d oc ume nt size and m arg in sett ings, selec t Forma t

Page Setup .

2. In the “ Page ” t ab , c hec k that units are displayed in inc hes. (Throug hout this

instructional document, all measurements are displayed in inches.)



4. In the left pa ne, clic k the “ +” next to the words “ Op enO ffic e.org Imp ress,” the n clic k

“ OK” to e xpa nd the selection. Clic k General, then select “ Inch” from the d rop -do wn

list fo r “Unit of me asurement.”

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5. Clic k “ OK” and return to Format Page. Under “ Paper Forma t,” set Wid th to 3.57

inches and Heigh t to 4.82 inc hes. Und er “ Ma rg ins,” set a ll ma rg ins to 0.25 inc hes. Then

c lic k “ OK.”

Create PDF using Ad ob e PDF printer or PDF Creator.



3. Follow instruc tions p rovided for c rea ting PDFs in Mic rosoft Word ® using either of these


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IV. Creating PDFs from Professional Layout

Applications

Following these step -by-step instruct ions w ill ena b le you use p rofessiona l layou t

app lic a tions to p roduce PDFs tha t a re o p timized for disp lay on the Sony® Rea der. The

first p art of the ove rall proc ess is to c rea te a do c ument w ith the right d ime nsions andlayout. The sec ond part of the p roc ess is to ensure tha t fonts and images used in your

do c ument will all be em be dd ed p rop erly be fore you output your PDF. The final part of

the p roc ess is to gene ra te a PDF with a pp rop riate sett ings. Instructions for furthe r

enha nc ing your PDF with links are a va ilab le in Sec tion V (“ Doing Mo re w ith Ado be ®

Acrobat”).

QuarkXPress® software

1. First, ensure tha t the me asurement fields tha t you w ill be see ing in all me nus a re in

inches by na vigat ing to Edit Prefe renc es, selec ting “ Measurements,” and selec ting

“ Inc hes.”

2. Op en a new doc ume nt by selec ting File New Project.

3. In the New Projec t dialog box, c rea te a layout name d “ Sony” a nd provide settings

for pa ge dimensions and ma rgins as show n b elow. (Autom atic text bo x is op tional.)

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4. Now you are rea dy to forma t your do c ument within the optimized layout that you

have generated .

As a g ene ral styling rec om me nda tion, fonts app ea r c learly on the Rea de r at a minimum

size of 6 or 7 points.

5. Befo re opening the Print menu to o utp ut your PDF, it is importan t to ensure tha t

QuarkXPress ® program c an loc ate all fonts that you ha ve used in your do c ument on

your co mp uter. Any font that Qua rkXPress c anno t find w ill not b e p rop erly

em bed de d in your PDF.

To c hec k your font usage , go to the Utilities me nu, selec t Usage , and then selec t the

Fonts tab .

If all fonts have be en p rop erly em be dd ed , the fonts will simp ly be listed by na me , as in

the following screenshot.

How ever, if you ha ve used fonts in your do c ument tha t QuarkXPress p rog ram c annot

find , eac h o f these fonts will be listed in the Usage m enu inside c urly b rac kets, as shown

below.

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This p rob lem c an be solved in two w ays.

(a) You c an find or purcha se the missing fonts and p lac e them in the fonts folder on your

c omp uter. A co mmo n loca tion for the fonts folde r on Windo ws ® systems is

C:\ WINDOWS\ Fonts.

(b) You c an use the Rep lac e b utton in Qua rkXPress to substitute o ther fonts tha t a re

ava ilab le to the ap plic ation.

6. It is also important to e nsure tha t all imag es and g rap hic s that you have used in your

doc ument a re prop erly linked. This is bec ause if you p lac e a n imag e inside yo ur

QuarkXPress doc ume nt, wha t you see inside the Qua rkXPress doc ument itself is a low-

resolution p rev iew o f the o riginal image—the original is still be ing sto red sep a ra tely on

your hard d rive. If you then m ove the o riginal imag e file to ano ther loc ation on your

ha rd d rive befo re c rea ting your PDF, you nee d to te ll Qua rkXPress p rog ram the ne w

location. Othe rwise, the PDF tha t you c rea te will have the low resolution preview

em bed de d within it rathe r than the high resolution o riginal, as you intend ed .

To c hec k your ima ge usage , go to the Utilities menu, selec t Usag e, and then selec t thePictures tab .

If an imag es has been p rop erly em be dde d , it w ill be listed with status “OK.”

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If the ima ge sta tus is “ Missing,” c lic k the “Upd ate ” butto n and nav iga te to the loc at ion o f

the o riginal image file.

Onc e a ll imag es are p rop erly linked, press the “ Done” butto n.

7. When you a re rea dy to output your PDF, the first step is to d efine a Print Style

app rop riat e for the Sony ® Rea der. Onc e yo u ha ve c rea ted this Print Style, it w illremain available for future use.

To define a Print Style, go t o Ed it Print Styles.

In the d ialog, selec t “ New” and p rovide a nam e for your Sony ® Reader-optimized print

style (fo r exa mp le, “SonyPrintStyle” ).

Set tings for the p rint style a re as fo llows:

Layout

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Setup

Output

Options

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Bleed

Clic k “ OK,” a nd in the next dia log , clic k “ Save .” You will now have yo ur new Print Style

saved in the Print Style m enu for future use.

8. To crea te your PDF, selec t File Print. This will launc h the p rint d ialog .

From the Printer menu a t the t op of the dialog , selec t “ Ad ob e PDF.”

9. Clic k the “ Prop erties” b utton to the right o f the “ Printer” m enu in order to selec t the

proper PDF settings.

In the “ Defa ult sett ings” me nu, selec t “ Sony Sett ings.” (See Sec tion V [“ Doing M ore w ith

Adobe ® Ac rob at” ] fo r instructions on c rea ting or insta lling this Sony-op timized PDF

preset.)

In the “ Ad ob e PDF Settings” tab , ensure t hat “ Do no t send fonts to ‘Ad ob e PDF’ ” is not

checked.

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10. From the sam e “ Ad ob e PDF Settings” ta b, clic k the “ Ad d” butto n next to the “ Ad ob e

PDF Page Size” me nu.

Cha nge the Wid th and Height fields to the values show n be low . Provide a ne w “ Pap er

Name” (for exam ple, “SonySize” ), and then c lick the “ Add / Mod ify” button.

11. You will be returned to the “ Ad ob e PDF Doc ume nt Prop erties.” Ma ke sure to selec t

your new Pap er Name in the “ Ad ob e PDF Page Size” field.

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12. Press “ OK,” a nd you will return to the Print me nu.

From the Print Style m enu, be sure to selec t the Sony ® Rea der-op timized print style tha t

you c rea ted in step # 7 ab ove (for examp le, “SonyPrintStyle” ).

This p rint style w ill generate m ost o f the sett ings in the various ta bs dep icte d below . The

key excep tion to t his is the “ OPI” tab , so p lease b e sure to fo llow instructions for that tab

below.

Layout

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Setup

Output

Options

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Layers

Bleed

OPI

Ensure tha t “ OPI Ac tive” is

unchec ked a nd tha t the rest of

the settings a re g rayed out.

13. Clic k the “ Print” butto n to g ene rat e your Sony ® Reader-optimized PDF.

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Adobe® InDesign

1. Nav iga te to Ed it Preferences Units & Inc reme nts.

Set o rig in to page and ensure tha t units a re in inche s.

2. Op en a new doc ume nt by selec ting File New Document.

Ap ply settings show n in the imag e b elow. Clic k the “ More Op tions” b utton if the bleed

set tings a re not visible.

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3. Click the “ Save Preset” butto n and na me your p reset “ Sony Preset .”

4. Now you are rea dy to de velop a nd format your do cum ent.

As a g ene ral styling rec om me nda tion, fonts app ea r c learly on the Rea de r at a minimum

size of 6 or 7 points.

5. Before gene rating a PDF, c hec k font usag e by going to Type Find Font.

Any fonts that a re ide ntified as missing should be rep lac ed using the “ Rep lac e w ith”

menu or mo ved into the fonts folder on your Window s ® PC.

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6. Review the “ Links” p a lette to c hec k tha t all imag es used in your do c ument are

p roperly linked to your InDesign file. (If the “ Links” pa lette is no t visible , selec t “ Links” in

the “Windo w” m enu.)

A question mark icon b eside the ima ge filenam e me ans tha t the imag e is not p rop erly

linked . It has mo st likely been m ove d a t som e p oint since it wa s first imported into your

InDesign d oc ument, and the link has not yet b een up da ted.

To up da te a link, do ub le-click the imag e na me in the Links pa lette to launc h the “ Link

Information” dialog.

Clic k the “ Relink” button a nd navigate to the new loc ation of the ima ge in order to relinkit. When yo u return to t he “ Links” palette , the question ma rk ic on w ill be go ne.

7. Befo re outp utt ing your PDF file, go to File Print Presets Define to create a

reusab le p rint p reset.

Clic k the “New ” b utton.

8. Name the New Preset “ SonyPrintPreset.” Prov ide set tings as shown in the follow ing

sc reenshots.

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Marks and

Bleed

Output

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Graphics

Color

Management

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Advanced

Click “ OK.” The Print Preset tha t you ha ve c rea ted will now be a va ilab le as a sett ing in

the InDesign Print menu.

9. To ge ne rate your PDF, selec t File Print.

In the Print d ialog , selec t “ SonyPrintPreset” as the Print Preset .

All fields will be pop ulated with t he sett ings from your Print Preset .

Click “Print.”

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V. Doing More with Adobe® Acrobat

Reformatting a PDF for the Sony ® Reade r in Mic rosoft ® Word or

OpenOffice.org Writer

1. Op en the PDF in Ad ob e ® Acrobat ® Sta nd ard or Profe ssiona l. Selec t File Save As.

2. In the “ Save as type” d rop -down menu, selec t “ Rich Text Forma t (*.rtf).” (Please note

tha t if sec urity settings have been a pp lied to the PDF, this op tion ma y not be

available.)

3. Click the “Sett ings” b utto n. Selec t the sett ings shown in the sc ree nshot b elow .

Name a nd save the RTF file.

4. Op en the RTF file in Mic rosoft ® Word or OpenOffice.org Writer and optimize it for the

Sony ® Rea der by app lying setting s p rov ided in Sec tion II of th is instruct iona l

document.

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Crea ting a linked Tab le of Contents in Ac roba t

1. Op en the PDF in Ad ob e ® Acrobat ® Stand ard or Adob e Ac rob at Professional.

2. Op en Too ls Adva nce d Editing Link Tool.

3. Using the Link Too l, d raw a rec ta ng le a round the text to be linked .

4. Releasing the c ursor a fter d raw ing the rect ang le will launch the “ Create Link” d ialog.

Ap p ly the settings show n be low. Be sure tha t “ Go to a pa ge view” is selec ted .

Clic k “Next” to b ring up the “ Crea te Go To View” dialog.

5. DO NOT selec t “ Set Link” imm ed iately. Instea d, sc roll to the p ag e tha t you wa nt the

link to na viga te to w hen it is c lic ked in your PDF. (You can a lso use View Go To

Pag e and enter the pa ge numb er to go d irec tly to that p ag e.)

6. Click “ Set Link” to comp lete the link.



Creating a Sony ® Rea der-op timized PDF preset

Onc e yo u c rea te this preset, you w ill be a b le to use it to g ene rate Sony Rea der-

op timized PDFs from a ll app lica tions tha t a llow printing . The p reset c an a lso b e e xported

as a .job op tions file tha t c an be rea d ily insta lled in othe r Wind ow s or Mac intosh system s.

1. Clic k “Prop erties” in the “ Print” d ialog b ox in Microsoft Word o r any o f the othe r

app lica tions c ove red in this instruc tional doc ument. (Note tha t this ma y ap pea r as“ Preferences” rat her than “ Prop erties,” d ep end ing on the version of Window s ®

op erating system be ing used .) Selec t the “ Ad ob e PDF Settings” tab.

2. Clic k the “ Add Custom Pag e...” butt on.

Nam e the c ustom pa pe r size “ Sony” (or wha tever name you choo se) in the “ Pap er

Nam es” field.

Set Wid th a t 3.57 and Heigh t a t 4.82. Set the “ Unit” as “ Inc h.” Then c lic k the

“ Ad d/ Modify” b utton. (This will return you to the “ Ad ob e PDF Settings” tab .)

In the future, your new c ustom size w ill be available fo r you to selec t in the “ Ad ob e PDF

Settings” tab —no nee d to g o through the “ Add Custom Pag e” routine.

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3. Selec t the “Edit” b utton next to the “Defa ult Settings” field .

4. Selec t the sett ings show n in the following figures:

General tab

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Ima ge s tab

Fonts tab

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Co lors tab

Advanced tab

5. Clic k the “ Save As” b utton and p rovide a nam e for the settings p reset (for exam ple,

“ SonySett ings” ). Next time you want to c rea te a PDF op timized for the Sony ® Reader,

just selec t the A dob e PDF printer, c lic k “Prop erties” or “ Prefe renc es,” a nd selec t your

p reset in the “ Defa ult Sett ings” list w ithin the “ Ad ob e PDF Sett ings” tab .

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Using Adobe ® Acrobat ® Distiller to load Sony ® Reader-optimized PDF

settings as a preset within your applica tions

Ac rob a t Distiller is the rend ering e ng ine used within the Ac rob at suite to g ene ra te PDFs as

we ll as to m ana ge rend ering settings. It is inc luded by Ado be along with bo th Ac rob at

Standa rd and Ac rob at Professional.

1. Launc h Ac rob at Distiller.

2. Selec t Set tings Ad d Ad ob e PDF Sett ings.

Naviga te to the d irec tory where the .job op tions file is stored and selec t “ Op en.”

3. “ SonySett ings” w ill appea r in the “ Defa ult Sett ings” m enu in Distiller.

4. “ SonySett ings” w ill now a lso be ava ilab le in the “ Ad ob e PDF Sett ings” in other

applications.

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