Print = PDF ?

[DropBearHunter]

currently I'm using some (illustration) free PDF and a the dead tree version "Third printing April 2010"

does the 9.99$ PDF have the same page layout as the paper version?

I'm rather fed up with not being able to answer the question "which page?" after a full text search in the pdf.

[Drejk]

Free PDF is probably PRD/D20PFSRD sites content converted to pdf format.

PDFs sold by Paizo look like the printed versions, including layout, page composition, etc. In fact it is possible that they are more or less the same files they send to the printer but that would have to be confirmed by Paizo stuff.

[Govgrim]

Yes. It has page layout by page number. The only variation I have seen is that the pdf counts the cover, table of contents, etc... as pages. The pages themselves however are numbered the same as the book. That's been my experience anyways. I only use the pdf. Are you using the lite version?

[DropBearHunter]

Govgrim wrote:

Are you using the lite version?

up until now I've been using the PRD/D20PFSRD content in PDF format but want to upgrade to page by page referrence.

[Wolf Munroe]

I use the Paizo book PDFs. The "lite" version available when you buy Paizo hardback book PDFs here on the site still has the graphics of the books, it's just in less graphically intense versions that're friendlier to devices and other hardware that don't handle the full PDFs so well.

[Enlight_Bystand]

It will have almost exactly the same layout as your hardcover book. The only difference will be that it will be updated to the latest printing (5 th I believe), so will have these changes

[DropBearHunter]

Enlight_Bystand wrote:

It will have almost exactly the same layout as your hardcover book. The only difference will be that it will be updated to the latest printing (5 th I believe), so will have these changes

ha, I hadn't even thought about the other direction of cross referrencing.

[Brian E. Harris]

There really shouldn't be much issue cross-referencing between a 3rd Edition print and a 5th Edition PDF.

Paizo's had a design goal in the updates of maintaining pagination and what not, so while a few of the words on the page may have changed, the overall page numbering and content should be in the same places.

[danielc]

I really love my Paizo PDFs. between the index and the built in bookmarks there is almost nothing I can't find.

I use the full octain version on my home computer and the lite versions on my reader. It is great having my core books at hand without breaking my back to carry them.