Answers.Body: <p>Since this source has notes in the margins, use the -nl and -nr <a href="http://willus.com/k2pdfopt/help/options.shtml" rel="nofollow">options</a>.  For <a href="http://willus.com/k2pdfopt/stackexchange/20161007/" rel="nofollow">this example</a>, like so:</p>
  
  <pre><code>k2pdfopt -nl2e- -nr3o- source.pdf -o converted.pdf
  </code></pre>
  
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Answers.Text: Never got your e-mail.  Can you send again, please?  I'd like to ask you something else about your post.
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Answers.Text: PS.  If you have Office 365--it does a good job of [converting PDFs to MS Word format](http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3369956#post3369956) so that you could then more easily convert to mobi or epub.
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Body: <p>I have a bunch of PDF files that follow this kind of layout:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/rF0Aq.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/rF0Aq.png" alt="enter image description here"></a>
  <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/pnh1U.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/pnh1U.png" alt="enter image description here"></a>
  <a href="https://i.sstatic.net/rcKK0.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/rcKK0.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>When I use k2pdfopt with options <code>-dev kp3 -fc -j -1 -jf -1 0.75 -n- -wrap -hy -ws -0.2</code>, I get this:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/AsqPs.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/AsqPs.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/mgXGY.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/mgXGY.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/T29j0.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/T29j0.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/tvZ7f.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/tvZ7f.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>
  
  <p>As you can see the text gets mangled when I go for 'fit to single column'. Am doing this so I can easily read the matter on Kindle. Looking at the original PDF screenshots, what options should I be using for optimal kindle reading pdf to be generated?</p>
  
  <p>I have access to a jailbroken Kindle Paperwhite (PW3) and Mac OS X. No Windows.</p>
  
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Title: What kind of k2pdfopt optimizations should I be using for these sample pages of a PDF?
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ThreadText: # What kind of k2pdfopt optimizations should I be using for these sample pages of a PDF?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-10-06)
  
  I have a bunch of PDF files that follow this kind of layout:
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/rF0Aq.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/rF0Aq.png)
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/pnh1U.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/pnh1U.png)
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/rcKK0.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/rcKK0.png)
  
  When I use k2pdfopt with options `-dev kp3 -fc -j -1 -jf -1 0.75 -n- -wrap -hy -ws -0.2`, I get this:
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/AsqPs.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/AsqPs.png)
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/mgXGY.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/mgXGY.png)
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/T29j0.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/T29j0.png)
  
  [![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/tvZ7f.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/tvZ7f.png)
  
  As you can see the text gets mangled when I go for 'fit to single column'. Am doing this so I can easily read the matter on Kindle. Looking at the original PDF screenshots, what options should I be using for optimal kindle reading pdf to be generated?
  
  I have access to a jailbroken Kindle Paperwhite (PW3) and Mac OS X. No Windows.
  
  **Tags:** pdf
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-10-08. Score: 4 | Accepted answer
  
  Since this source has notes in the margins, use the -nl and -nr options.  For this example, like so:
  k2pdfopt -nl2e- -nr3o- source.pdf -o converted.pdf
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: thank you so much!! i just emailed you but please ignore it :)  
  > **username_1**: Never got your e-mail.  Can you send again, please?  I'd like to ask you something else about your post.  
  > **username_1**: PS.  If you have Office 365--it does a good job of [converting PDFs to MS Word format](http://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3369956#post3369956) so that you could then more easily convert to mobi or epub.  
  > **username_0**: done, sent email. thanks for the tip about office 365.  
  
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