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Text reader

MattB

Nov 8, 2007, 4:14 PM
I tried something the other day and it didn't end up working like I was wanting. I'm hoping there is a better way to do this.
I want to be able to put a text file on to my phone, and read it from the phone fairly easily. I tried this and while the file copied and opened ok, the application (Picsel Viewer) doesn't seem to be aimed at reading text. I could see my file, and with way too many key presses I could zoom in close enough to read some of it, but the text didn't wrap for the small screen, so I had to scroll left and right, and it was so slow and awkward I gave up after reading the first line.
Is there a better text file reading/viewing application either on the phone or available to put on it?
I also tried opening the browser and...
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MattB

Nov 12, 2007, 11:30 AM
I found a reasonable workaround.
If you rename the .txt file to .html (on the computer - the phone won't do this), it will open in the browser on the phone which makes a much better reader. This give you no formatting, but if you convert to html, like with MS Word for example you can have all the formatting you like.
Just thought I'd share my solution.
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