Reformat PDF

[eric27]

Hi,

I have a PDf document on A4 format and want to reduce it to A5 (but without
reducing the font size) to be able to read it on my ebook reader.

So I want less characters on a page, so in stead of 60 rows with 80 chars, I
want 30 rows with 40 chars.

I installed PDFill (free ware) but it's not clear how to accomplish what I
want (maybe it's not the right tool ...)

Kind regards,
Eric

[Peter Flynn]

You can't reformat PDFs that way: it was expressly designed NOT to do
that -- it's basically a fixed, end-of-line format. If you have the
original source document, reflow it and regenerate the PDF. There *is* a
limited amount of reformatting available if the PDF has been created to
permit it (called reflowing) but it's rare.

What I do with some PDF books is use LaTeX and pdfpages to resize the
pages, trimming off all marginal white-space (leaving about 6pt) and
making the document landscape orientation. That way the pages fit nicely
on my Nokia N800 held vertically like a bookreader, and I can flip from
page to page with my thumb. But it can't and won't change the line-layout.

///Peter