> > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ray Drew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2002 11:29 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Newbie questions > > > > I've just installed plucker, having just got my first palm. > > Many thanks to the developers. > > > > Could someone enlighten me on the following:- > > > > Does plucker support storing docs, or itself, on add-in memory cards? > > It works fine here on my Handspring Pro, with both Plucker and its documents > stored in a 16MB Flash Module expansion card. > > > Will the pdf reader migrate from a web app to be part of the plucker > > desktop? > > Aportis has a PDF converter that does essentially the same thing as the web > app: extracts all _text_ from the PDF to a doc file. It does _not_ preserve > formatting or import graphics. You could then use Doc Reader under Windows > to convert the Doc file to a text file, and use Convert to Plucker to put > that in Plucker format. (Yes, Convert to Plucker works on plain text > files.) Doc Reader is a freeware app by Mike Pickering. You can find it at > http://www.geocities.com/mpicker0/DocReader/DocReader.htm
Thanks for the suggestions. I've tried this and it does work. I've found it easier to copy the text from Acrobat Reader (assuming text copy is not disabled!), paste to Word, save as html and use plucker as normal to read the html file. This keeps some of the formatting but introduces unwanted new lines at the end of each line as displayed in Acrobat Reader. It's not perfect but good enough. > > I'm using plucker on Windows. So far the only way I've managed to get > > plucker to hotsync stuff to my palm is by hot-syncing a database created > > with 'Add a new Database'. Is this the only/best way to do it? > > I use a third-party app called "Pilot Install", which will let you put > pretty much anything on your Pilot. Among other things, it will convert > text files to doc files on the fly. Go to > http://pi.envicon.com/e/pinstall/pinstall.html for a copy. > Regards, Ray _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
