[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.

[Kevin Meehan]

Hi Christiana,
You can open a word document for viewing in GoodReader, but you can't edit it with that program, it's as if it were a PDF file.  I did purchase a program called Office2HD that lets me edit word and excel documents, but it's pretty limited.  The limited ability to work with word and excel documents is one of the biggest criticisms of the iPad...
Best, Kevin

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On Jan 10, 2011, at 1:43 PM, "Cristiana Kahl" <Cristiana.Kahl at liu.edu> wrote:

> 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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> 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
>> --
>> 
>> Kevin B. Meehan, Ph.D.
>> Assistant Professor
>> Department of Psychology
>> Long Island University
>> 1 University Plaza
>> Brooklyn, NY 11201
>> (718) 246-6439 (Office)
>> (718) 488-1179 (Fax)
>> 
>> ________________________________________
>> 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
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>> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2011 11:41 AM
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>> Cc: Bupendra Shah; John Lonie; Hamid Rahim; Hongjun Yin;
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>> 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.
>> ________________________________________
>> 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
>> 
>> 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!
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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~
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>> Department of Psychology
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>> Long Island University
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