You have it backwards, see my post above, PadNotes cant even download a PDF file because it has a bug i guess, and iAnnotate only allows Wi-Fi synching with their own program, albeit its easy to use.. ill edit in my review..
heres my review:
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You have it backwards, see my post above, PadNotes cant even download a PDF file because it has a bug i guess, and iAnnotate only allows Wi-Fi synching with their own program, albeit its easy to use.. ill edit in my review..
heres my review:
I have tried some of the apps listed here and haven't found what i'm quite looking for yet. Simply - I want a PDF viewer that does pages right.
I have loads of eBooks in pdf format. Often the content is centered in the middle of the page with a healthy white border. To make the book as readable as possible i adjust the page to center the page. Now with the Apple reader if I want to go forward a page I need to manually scroll down which is OK but not perfect. Most of the other PDF readers have a page down button, but they seem to work randomly about where they actually position you - I'd like to go down to the next page at the same position please.
Maybe I should just convert them to epub or something.
I have loads of eBooks in pdf format. Often the content is centered in the middle of the page with a healthy white border. To make the book as readable as possible i adjust the page to center the page. Now with the Apple reader if I want to go forward a page I need to manually scroll down which is OK but not perfect. Most of the other PDF readers have a page down button, but they seem to work randomly about where they actually position you - I'd like to go down to the next page at the same position please.
Maybe I should just convert them to epub or something.
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With all three, goodreader padnotes and iAnnotate PDF, I was able to upload a 485 MB PDF. Yes iAnnotate PDF makes you use there MAC software, but it still uploaded. Both iAnnotate and padnotes say on their website that an update will be coming once the ipad is released and they are able to use it.
I assure you padnotes and iannotate do have bugs, but they are able to load a large file and allow you to mark it up and edit it. One is a little tricky because you have to upload the pdf as a background. The other does not. I wish I annotate would allow you to organize the files once uploaded.
Any if somebody has actually used the full features of them please give me your view. Thank you.
With all three, goodreader padnotes and iAnnotate PDF, I was able to upload a 485 MB PDF. Yes iAnnotate PDF makes you use there MAC software, but it still uploaded. Both iAnnotate and padnotes say on their website that an update will be coming once the ipad is released and they are able to use it.
I assure you padnotes and iannotate do have bugs, but they are able to load a large file and allow you to mark it up and edit it. One is a little tricky because you have to upload the pdf as a background. The other does not. I wish I annotate would allow you to organize the files once uploaded.
Any if somebody has actually used the full features of them please give me your view. Thank you.
more details on pdfs
I've seen the demo of padnotes and I think it does what I need. Assuming I can get the pdfs (ocr/epub) on the ipad, will I be able to flip through 3-4 large pdfs, but have a separate "notes page" open wherein I can highlight, copy, and insert from multiple pdfs into the one notes page and then export the notes page to pdf or whatever to get it on to my PC?
I've seen the demo of padnotes and I think it does what I need. Assuming I can get the pdfs (ocr/epub) on the ipad, will I be able to flip through 3-4 large pdfs, but have a separate "notes page" open wherein I can highlight, copy, and insert from multiple pdfs into the one notes page and then export the notes page to pdf or whatever to get it on to my PC?
Padnotes is a huge failure because the Add new background button is MISSING! And there is no support e-mail or anything
iAnnotate has more organization than PadNotes, like exponentially more... you seem to keep getting things completely backwards..
I have tried it on the iPhone. It is a visually appealing app but it has some pretty major drawbacks at this point such as:
The iPhone (and I believe iPad app) does not support preexisting bookmarks within the PDF. In other words, there is no way to navigate through the document via preexisting bookmarks. You have to recreate you own in the app.
You have to purchase their $42 desktop app for the mac if you want to sync any of your PDFs to the mobile app.
You cannot annotate per se. The app does allow you to take notes for each individual PDF but this is essentially a generic notepad that is associated with each PDF. In other words, there is no way to make in-line comments on a PDF.
re: more details on pdfs
I left something out of my earlier post. I'm debating whether to buy the $500 ipad, and this decision rests solely on the use of pdf research tools such as highlighting, cutting, and pasting from multiple pdfs into a single notes page. For example, on Monday morning I would create some kind of page "background notes," and during the day or week, I would browse through 4-5 pdfs and select passages to copy and paste into "background notes" for later editing. Right now I print a ton, mark it up, and then spend hours assembling my mark ups. Can Goodreader or padnotes do this?
I left something out of my earlier post. I'm debating whether to buy the $500 ipad, and this decision rests solely on the use of pdf research tools such as highlighting, cutting, and pasting from multiple pdfs into a single notes page. For example, on Monday morning I would create some kind of page "background notes," and during the day or week, I would browse through 4-5 pdfs and select passages to copy and paste into "background notes" for later editing. Right now I print a ton, mark it up, and then spend hours assembling my mark ups. Can Goodreader or padnotes do this?
GoodReader cannot due this. It is essentially just a PDF viewer, albeit a good one in my opinion.
reply to prupert
Prupert,
Thanks for the reply. From the padnotes demo on youtube, it looks like it can do this. But it's not so clear, and I'm not sure if you can save the "notes" page and come back to it later to continue working.
Prupert,
Thanks for the reply. From the padnotes demo on youtube, it looks like it can do this. But it's not so clear, and I'm not sure if you can save the "notes" page and come back to it later to continue working.
Iannotate and padnotes allow background PDF and then able to highlight and write on PDF. Good reader is just a viewer. Both iannotate and padnote have flaws but are still great. I use both for my college but I do not know which is better.
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Using iPad for .pdf is most easily and efficently done through the application Keynote which is Apples version of PowerPoint. You can read and create .pdfs Sharing the files is most easily done through MobileMe, which you can use to wirelessly share information between apple ipods, any computer pc or mac, and only iphones.
keynote is $10 in the ipad itunes store
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on an iphone i would use the app "documents to go" to read .pdf but i don't know of a way to edit them
keynote is $10 in the ipad itunes store
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on an iphone i would use the app "documents to go" to read .pdf but i don't know of a way to edit them
For what it's worth, someone has posted a video review of goodreader for the ipad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySD3uw-Yx6M
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySD3uw-Yx6M
Also for what it's worth, it looks like the Papers forum is getting hit pretty frequently with requests for highlighting and annotation. Maybe those features will make it into a future update.
http://mekentosj.com/papers/forum15/viewforum.php?id=14
http://mekentosj.com/papers/forum15/viewforum.php?id=14
Where the hell is adobe on this. This is a killer app opportunity. Reading, annotating and sharing pdf's is the most important thing an ipad can do for me and would provide a compelling use for most. Especially education. Get on it developers!
Hopefully Adobe stays the hell away. That's all we need for iPad is a bloated, processor and RAM intensive PDF reader app from Adobe.
re: goodreader for ipad
hi all,
just to let you all know that a dedicated version of goodreader will be out soon for the ipad which take advantage of the ipad feature.
I was told this by the owner of goodreader and I am on his beta tester list.
so look out for the iPad version coming soon, which should sort your problems out with reading and uploading pdf files on the ipad
hi all,
just to let you all know that a dedicated version of goodreader will be out soon for the ipad which take advantage of the ipad feature.
I was told this by the owner of goodreader and I am on his beta tester list.
so look out for the iPad version coming soon, which should sort your problems out with reading and uploading pdf files on the ipad
If you go to a website that requires Adobe Reader to read a certain file which is on the web, and it states Adobe Reader is required to open this file, will GoodReader for iPad work for this?
Can I install the app and it will recognize the fact that I have good reader installed? Probably not huh? I am not sure I can save the file that I am trying to view as it is made read only and not downloadable. So am I screwed in this case?
Can I install the app and it will recognize the fact that I have good reader installed? Probably not huh? I am not sure I can save the file that I am trying to view as it is made read only and not downloadable. So am I screwed in this case?