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Ask HN: Reading PDF Documents on Cell Phone?

2 points by wslin ↗ HN
Has anybody ever wished that they can open a PDF file on the phone and read it like a responsive webpage, with readable text size and reformatted paragraphs? Is there an app for that? Would anyone want to use it if such an app was developed?

I come across this problem from time to time. All I do is rotate the phone and squint at the tiny text…

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pseingatl
pdf's are size agnostic. Unfortunately, most people think that pdf is a synonym for letter size or A4. It's not. You could easily have a print to pdf setting limited to the size of say, a 6" smartphone.
wslin
Sorry I wasn't being clear. I meant reading PDFs already created by someone else with a certain paper size in mind, like a scientific paper. Basically, I am looking for something like a "reader view" mode for PDFs on smartphones.
fhoxh
Liquid Mode. Adobe Acrobat Reader.
wslin
Ooh that's what I have been looking for! Thanks for sharing!