Help: Customize the look of your e-books

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On the page of everything that you can download (books, RSS, sudokus and newspapers), multiple download links are available.
Although Feedbooks keeps in cache PDF files for A4, the Sony PRS-500 and the iLiad, these files are just templates and you can ask for a custom e-book anytime you want.
For PDF files you can customize:

• The font
• The size of the font
• The linespacing
• The size of the document
• The size of the margins (left, right, bottom, top)

Using these settings, you can easily get a file more suited to your taste, or even use our website for various devices that we don't have a template for.

Instead of asking for your settings each time that you'd like a custom PDF, you just have to select these settings once and Feedbooks will remember them.
First of all, to create custom PDF files, you need to be registered and logged in. We need a way both to identify who you are to generate these files with the right settings, and to store these settings: that's why you can't create custom PDF files without registering/logging.

Once you're logged in, there's 2 different ways you can access to your custom settings:

• If you're on a download page, you'll notice right under the download bar on the right of the screen this link: Custom Settings
  
  
• You can access these settings from your user control panel. Just click on "View profile" once you're logged in (it's right under the Feedbooks logo on the top of every page), and you'll find a tab (UI Help) for these custom PDF settings.
  
  
  
  Tab for custom PDF settings

Once you're on the page for these custom settings, the easiest way to find the best suited settings is to select one of our template and modify it.
The first time that you access this page, everything will be set up for the A4 template but you can switch to another template using these links:


You'll notice that for both the Sony PRS-500 and the iLiad, we provide sample files. Opening these files with your reader will help you select the right font: a short text is displayed with all the fonts available.
Once you're ready and everything is set up, click on the "OK" button to save your settings.

Now that you've set up your custom PDF, there's not much left to do.
Simply click on "Custom PDF" instead of the other links to get your custom file. Unlike the other templates that are stored in cache, this won't be an instant download. Expect to wait for a few seconds (a few dozens if you're downloading War & Peace) while we generate the file.
You can go back to your settings any time you want, and change them if you're not yet satisfied with the overall result.