!reader With Rtf

[reeced]

Those of you who've tried !Reader know how good it is. Using the RTF format shows it off at its best. However there's not much available in RTF - but there is in HTML.
Try using ISHTAR HTML to RTF converter, freeware - http://www.cena.fr/~sagnier/info/formats/c...ons/htm2rtf.htm (get the latest beta version)
The result is far superior (colour, bold, italic, underline) than reading the HTML direct on !Reader, and it's so easy to use - you can just drag the HTML file onto the command file, and the job's done.

 

[Ringo]

Nice one...

Edit
On a similar note - It's true that there are alot more articles in html (I mean look at the news), but I often find it hard to isolate the html-file containing the actual article. What I mean is that you'll often end up with sidemenues and other stuff contained in other frames of the html.

Isn't there as simpler tool for saving such html article? I can of cause always copy/paste into wordpad and fidle about with fonting afterwards (I have until now), but I think this could be done easier.

I don't talk about one those homepage-dumping programs, since this is on a lot smaller scale... Perhaps a FireFox extension?

 

[generalnmx]

Nice one...

Edit
On a similar note - It's true that there are alot more articles in html (I mean look at the news), but I often find it hard to isolate the html-file containing the actual article. What I mean is that you'll often end up with sidemenues and other stuff contained in other frames of the html.

Isn't there as simpler tool for saving such html article? I can of cause always copy/paste into wordpad and fidle about with fonting afterwards (I have until now), but I think this could be done easier.

I don't talk about one those homepage-dumping programs, since this is on a lot smaller scale... Perhaps a FireFox extension?

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Right-clicking within a frame and going to "View Source" in IE gives me the source of that frame, so I'm sure FireFox has similiar capabilities.

 

[aapje89]

nice , but is it possible to not only convert the page but also the links on it?

 

[Ksmiler]

Nice one...

Edit
On a similar note - It's true that there are alot more articles in html (I mean look at the news), but I often find it hard to isolate the html-file containing the actual article. What I mean is that you'll often end up with sidemenues and other stuff contained in other frames of the html.

Isn't there as simpler tool for saving such html article? I can of cause always copy/paste into wordpad and fidle about with fonting afterwards (I have until now), but I think this could be done easier.

I don't talk about one those homepage-dumping programs, since this is on a lot smaller scale... Perhaps a FireFox extension?

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Right-clicking within a frame and going to "View Source" in IE gives me the source of that frame, so I'm sure FireFox has similiar capabilities.

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It does, right click in the frame and then go to "This Frame" --> "View Frame Source".

 

[Ringo]

Yeah... and Opera too.

I admit it wasn't actually what I was thinking, but it works. I found stripping out everything before and after the article in a html-file, in fact isn't too much of a hassle.

 

[Horscht]

Your slogan seems to be: "why make it easy, if there´s a more complicated way?"" :lol:


well, im using M$ Word to save my files as .rtf (which is Rich Text Format). I can just mark the text I want as RTF, press CTRL+C, open Word, press CTRL+V, save it as "somethingsomething.rtf" (I select "Rich text format" in the dropdown menu), and voila, got it. Wordpad does the job, too btw! It´s a standard Windows tool.

But how can i convert files to that "Aporti DOC" format? is there some kind of converter?

 

[Ringo]

Your slogan seems to be: "why make it easy, if there´s a more complicated way?"" :lol: 


well, im using M$ Word to save my files as .rtf (which is Rich Text Format). I can just mark the text I want as RTF, press CTRL+C, open Word, press CTRL+V, save it as "somethingsomething.rtf" (I select "Rich text format" in the dropdown menu), and voila, got it. Wordpad does the job, too btw! It´s a standard Windows tool.

But how can i convert files to that "Aporti DOC" format? is there some kind of converter?

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Good point

I would however have to install MS Word to do that

 

[Horscht]

or use wordpad, ehich comes with any windows version so far (at least with 98, ME, 2000 and XP)

 

[Ringo]

or use wordpad, ehich comes with any windows version so far (at least with 98, ME, 2000 and XP)

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Ehh... I do.
Opening a html-file in that program displays the html-code - Which is why I (as mentioned) cut everything else but the article away in this code.

 

[reeced]

Your slogan seems to be: "why make it easy, if there´s a more complicated way?"" :lol:


well, im using M$ Word to save my files as .rtf (which is Rich Text Format). I can just mark the text I want as RTF, press CTRL+C, open Word, press CTRL+V, save it as "somethingsomething.rtf" (I select "Rich text format" in the dropdown menu), and voila, got it. Wordpad does the job, too btw! It´s a standard Windows tool.

But how can i convert files to that "Aporti DOC" format? is there some kind of converter?

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Horscht - I'm all in favour of making things easier. For web pages your method is straightforward. However, for ebooks, which is what I was thinking about, my method is simple - you don't even have to open the HTML ebook - just drag it over the command file and it's done.
BTW AportisDoc converter (shareware) is available on the internet, but I believe the company ceased trading a while ago.

 

[frolik]

this is a great tip, thanks reeced.

don't suppose you know any good (free) converters for pdf's? the ones I tried either convert the full layout and create a far too complex rtf or they are too simplistic and just strip the text.....

 

[reeced]

Hi frolik
I can't find any decent free PDF to RTF converters, but there is a free online service available which does an excellent job (probably as good as any $50 software you can buy). It' s here (just click on the Simon Services, and away you go) :-
http://www.ebclabs.com/simon-client/default/info.jsp