[Bkn-ipad-user-group] PDFs open as PDF in library data bases, not always in iPad. Also, can no longer download PDFs directly to iPad.

[Cristiana Kahl]

Hi All -- 

Can you use a word document in the ipad through goodreader or evernote?
Thanks so much!  Cristiana

Cristiana Kahl Collins, PT, PhD, NCS

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Coordinator of Post-Professional Program
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Division of Physical Therapy
Long Island University
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On 1/10/11 11:48 AM, "Kevin Meehan" <Kevin.Meehan at liu.edu> wrote:

>I've been using GoodReader and having a great experience with it.  I find
>the easiest way to get the pdfs on my iPad is to 1) email it to myself
>and open it from my email, or 2) use a program like Dropbox (highly
>recommended) which lets you transfer files into it and and then open them
>from any computer or on the iPad.
>Hope this helps, Kevin
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>
>Kevin B. Meehan, Ph.D.
>Assistant Professor
>Department of Psychology
>Long Island University
>1 University Plaza
>Brooklyn, NY 11201
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>From: bkn-ipad-user-group-bounces at lists-1.liu.edu
>[bkn-ipad-user-group-bounces at lists-1.liu.edu] on behalf of Donna Dolinsky
>[Donna.Dolinsky at liu.edu]
>Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 11:41 AM
>To: bkn-ipad-user-group at lists-1.liu.edu
>Cc: Bupendra Shah; John Lonie; Hamid Rahim; Hongjun Yin;
>John at mailhub5.liu.edu
>Subject: [Bkn-ipad-user-group] PDFs open as PDF in library data bases,
>not always in iPad. Also, can no longer download PDFs directly to iPad.
>
>Using library data bases, I can almost always find journal articles and
>down them as PDF. When I use iTunes to transfer them to my iPad,
>occasionally they open as images, but not PDF, so I can not read them and
>annotate them using GoodReader. This is a tremendous loss, as I can't
>then read my annotations and notes when I write about the articles.
>
>An error message I received, was to open Adobe and change the preferences
>so files will be downloaded as PDF. I don't know how to do this. Do we
>even have access to Adobe on the iPad? Is Adobe connected to Java script,
>which I think we don't have access to on the iPad. I tried to fool the
>iPad by moving a PDF from my computer to the iPad, but it transferred as
>an image. GoodRead acknowledged that this sometimes happens, but I really
>don't want to go back to printing PDFs and hand annotating them. Any
>solutions?
>
>Also, before we switched to outlook.liu.edu, I was able to directly
>download articles to the iPad from library data bases, by putting a g in
>front of the http on the URL and pressing go. This doesn't work anymore
>since that time, around Dec. 13. The FMRC unlocked my iPad and changed
>the URL, so I can get my email on the iPad, but I still can't directly
>download files to the iPad with the 'g' command.
>
>I was advised to check with IT and the person in charge of library data
>bases. I contacted IT and am waiting for their response before going to
>the library.
>
>When I can download PDFs to the iPad and annotate them with GoodReader,
>it is a wonderful, fast and efficient tool, as I can find, download, read
>and annotate PDFs anywhere, without paper, pen and highlighter, and then
>write about them on my computer as I read my annotations on the iPad. So
>far, I was able to find and download PDFs to my computer for every
>article I was looking for in the library data bases.
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>From: bkn-ipad-user-group-bounces at lists-1.liu.edu
>[bkn-ipad-user-group-bounces at lists-1.liu.edu] on behalf of Sara Haden
>[Sara.Haden at liu.edu]
>Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 9:55 AM
>To: bkn-ipad-user-group at lists-1.liu.edu
>Subject: [Bkn-ipad-user-group] article in The Chronicle
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>Thought this article might be of interest to us fellow ipad users and
>discussers.  I also wonder how you all might be using the ipad
>innovatively as I would like to use it more than I do!
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>Thanks,
>
>Sara
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>http://chronicle.com/article/College-20-6-Top-Smartphone/125764/?sid=at&ut
>m_source=at&utm_medium=en
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>~Sara Chiara Haden, PhD~
>
>Assistant Professor
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>Department of Psychology
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>Office: Humanities Bldg, room 817
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>Long Island University
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