June 18, 2008

.djvu - déjà vu?

The pic shows the office of our president at the right, the newly erected Buddha shrine in the middle of a pond at the left, and the central building with the red roofs.

djvu (or djv) seems to be a smart format for larger texts with line graphics; find out more on the Wikipedia. Unfortunately, it lacks support for the mobile devices unlike the PDF.

One way to make djvu files accesible on mobile platforms is by converting them into PDF files. Most of you guys have the Adobe Acrobat already at hand. If not, you can download the freeware FreePDF.

For the view-and-convert step I use the free Windjview, which you can download here. You can run it straight away, no installation needed. Open the file you want to convert and click on FILE>PRINT and choose the PDF application on your machine to start the conversion process and store the resulting file at a location at wish. This may take a while, so make sure you have other things to do than just watch the windmill rotating.

Maybe, some of you have other ways of making djvu accessible on mobile devices. Tell us.

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