Create a vertical 'digital book' for laptops
Jun 24, '04 09:07:00AM
Contributed by: Anonymous
This may seem obvious but I've just realised how to do this today:
- Download a text file of a novel from the Gutenberg Project or somewhere else slightly more up to date and open it in TextEdit.
- Save the file as a PDF through the Print dialog and load it in Preview.
- Rotate right (this will affect all pages) and select full screen from the View menu. Now rotate your PowerBook, and hold it with your right hand, with your thumb over the trackpad button.
You now have a "digital book," where the pages turn by just pressing the trackpad button with your thumb.
[robg adds: I don't mind scrolling to read, but if you do, here's one creative way to make longer pages ... just don't mind the stares as you hold your PowerBook sideways! :) ]
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