Report of Further Findings in testing the new Article from PDF within Dashboard feature:
4 articles were created and tested across 4 devices:
Articles:
1 Horizontal PDF - Full Page UNCHECKED
1 Vertical PDF - Full Page UNCHECKED
1 Horizontal PDF - Full Page CHECKED - Horizontal Swipe CHECKED
1 Vertical PDF - Full Page CHECKED
Devices:
iPhone 4S iOS 9.3.2 - AEMM Preflight 2016.7 (d0f2d81)
iPhone 6+ iOS 9.2.1 - AEMM Preflight 2016.7 (d0f2d81)
iPad Mini iOS 9.3.1 - AEMM Preflight 2016.7 (d0f2d81)
Nexus 7 tablet - Android verision 4.4.2 - Latest version of Preflight.
I tested all 4 articles on each device with Preflight in both Landscape and Portrait modes. Findings follow:
iPhone 4S (Before updating Preflight): Each document displayed as Full Page, snapping w/ either letter boxing or pillar boxing
iPhone 4S (After updating Preflight): Each document displayed filling the screen w/ smooth scrolling - no snap
- It appears as though the device can't display both types (full page, or fill screen) within the same collection. I'll do further testing to see if I can get any kind of desired results.
iPhone 6+: Displayed as specified within the dashboard: Articles that DID NOT have Full Page checked, displayed filling the screen with the document and smooth scrolling. Those WITH Full Page checked, displayed one full page at a time, and snapped from page to page. However, the letter boxing and/or pillar boxing was still present and limits the ability to zoom as the boxing defines the width of the document.
iPad Mini: Functioned consistently with iPhone 6+
Android Nexus 7: Displayed each document as Full Page ONLY with snap to from page to page. Letter boxing and Pillar boxing consistent with the Apple devices.
Hope this helps anyone who is looking to convert PDFs to articles.
Thanks,
Tommy