The Kindle DX is out and comes with in-built pdf support. My kindle dx review post has been getting lots of PDF related questions.
So here’s a detailed Kindle DX PDF FAQ, after much due diligence on my part. Its backed by the kindle dx liveblog review by Brent Newhall and Jeffrey Ritholtz.
So here’s a detailed Kindle DX PDF FAQ, after much due diligence on my part. Its backed by the kindle dx liveblog review by Brent Newhall and Jeffrey Ritholtz.
Kindle DX PDF – Top 5 Things to Know
The Good – Kindle DX PDF Features.
1. Native support i.e. just load a PDF and it works.
2. PDFs are searchable and you can bookmark pages, except for PDFs that are images. The searched term is highlighted wherever its found.
3. You can switch to landscape mode and most of the time the DX will show the PDF in a bigger, more readable size. You can go to the lower part of the page by pressing Next Page.
4. PDFs have page numbers, and completion percentage, and ‘Go To Page’ feature.
1. Native support i.e. just load a PDF and it works.
2. PDFs are searchable and you can bookmark pages, except for PDFs that are images. The searched term is highlighted wherever its found.
3. You can switch to landscape mode and most of the time the DX will show the PDF in a bigger, more readable size. You can go to the lower part of the page by pressing Next Page.
4. PDFs have page numbers, and completion percentage, and ‘Go To Page’ feature.
The Bad – Kindle DX Missing PDF Features
1. PDFs do not support Read To Me. If you do want a PDF read to you, you couldconvert it to kindle format and the converted file would support Read To Me.
2. PDFs do not support changing font sizes, and they do not support zooming and panning. If landscape mode isn’t big enough, you’re stuck.
3. The 5-way cursor doesn’t work in PDFs.
4. PDFs do not support adding notes, they do not support highlighting. Pretty much rules out adding notes to textbooks.
5. You cannot click on a link in a PDF.
1. PDFs do not support Read To Me. If you do want a PDF read to you, you couldconvert it to kindle format and the converted file would support Read To Me.
2. PDFs do not support changing font sizes, and they do not support zooming and panning. If landscape mode isn’t big enough, you’re stuck.
3. The 5-way cursor doesn’t work in PDFs.
4. PDFs do not support adding notes, they do not support highlighting. Pretty much rules out adding notes to textbooks.
5. You cannot click on a link in a PDF.
Q1: What PDF support is included? What’s Not?
A1: Based on the Good List and the Bad List above, Kindle DX is great for reading PDFs, technical PDFs, computer programming books, and pretty much anything technical. PDFs look great. However, you can’t change font sizes and you can’t turn poorly scanned PDFs into good looking ones.
It does not support a Table of Contents (there’s an inelegant hack Q10). You can’t add notes or nighlights.
Q2: Where can I see actual photos of PDFs on the Kindle DX?
A2: At Brent Newhall’s Kindle DX PDF Page and at Jef’s tech blog. Here are two snippets (courtesy Brent, one showing tables and an image, and another with formulae)
Q3: How fast are page-turns in PDFs?
A3: In Portrait mode, they’re slower. They’re reasonably fast in landscape mode.The reason a lot of people are complaining about page turns is – When you first get your Kindle DX and load a bunch of files, those files are getting indexed and that slows down everything. So the page turns you see in the first few hours are slowed down due to indexing.
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