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[Q] What are you using for PDF viewing?

After trying many PDF viewing apps on my Froyo'd Nook, I have still not found one that supports (well) the embedded links or a novel navigation scheme allowing me to get back to the TOC easily.
Im curious... what are you using?

is there a way to do "article view" in DL'ed pdf magazines

Went ahead and tried pretty much every free pdf viewer in the market. Doesn't seem like any of them I tried let me follow the hyperlink.
However. I did find that uploading the pdf to google docs and then viewing it through a web browser like Dolphin HD allowed me to follow the hyperlinks... Not the best option, by any means.
Possibly one of the paid office suites allows hyperlinks. I'd email the developers to make sure before buying since you only get 15 min to return.

Found one: BeamReader PDF Viewer will follow hyperlinks. Go to the market and download the 10 day free trial first before purchasing. Looks like it costs $10 for full version.
Also: Reading the description for ezPDF Reader (only $0.99), says "links" under features. I'm guessing this will allow you to follow links.
Please report back if you try it. I'm interested in knowing if it works. Thanks

I've heard good things about RepliGo. You can see it in action in the video on the cerience.com website (/products/reader/android). The forum won't let me post the complete link.
If you try it, please reply back with your thoughts as I haven't tried it yet.

RootNewbie said:
Found one: BeamReader PDF Viewer will follow hyperlinks. Go to the market and download the 10 day free trial first before purchasing. Looks like it costs $10 for full version.
Also: Reading the description for ezPDF Reader (only $0.99), says "links" under features. I'm guessing this will allow you to follow links.
Please report back if you try it. I'm interested in knowing if it works. Thanks
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I am using ezPDF and am impressed, has TOC and functional hyperlinks. This was the dealbreaking feature for me since I was used to goodReader on the ipad - this is almost as good. Any specific questions - jusk ask!

I've tried every one I could find because I'm using my NC to display words to songs during my live performances instead of using the MS Access database I used to use. I've found for my purposes the RepliGo Reader works best for me. Bookmarks seem to work well, you can zoom a page and when you go to next page it remembers zoom level. It is not free but for what it does I really like it.

[Q] "Complete" Word Processor for G-Tab

I have both DocumentsToGo, and QuickOffice on my G-Tab. DocsToGo will let you open a Word Doc, but when you go to edit, it opens a new edit dialog with the previous sentence (at most) visible. It does not seem to allow you to edit many formatting options, and I can't see any way to use it to insert an image file into a document. QuickOffice lets you edit inline, but otherwise seems to have the same limitations.
Is there a "complete" word processing program for the G-Tab that will let me do some formatting and insert pictures, as well as produce a .DOC or .DOCX compatible file?
Is there some way to setup Google Docs like this, and have it be available if I don't have a connection (maybe through dropbox)?
TIA!

I'm using the QuickOffice HD from the Notion Ink Adam and it works great!
It's available via this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928832
Right now, the current version lets you connect to Google Docs and both edit AND create new documents (Word, Excel, PPT) as well as read PDFs
You could easily open a document up and re-save it internal to your gTablet for offline use -- or as you suggest use Dropbox to keep a local folder synced up for offline use...
Google only recently added support for the XML office files to GDocs -- so creation of new documents in those formats isn't natively supported in this version (but may be available in a newer version of QuickOffice HD I suppose)
Long Pressing in a Word document brings up a dialog with the following options:
- Add Image from Gallery
- Add Image from Camera
- Select Text
- Input Method
You can also change Fonts (inc. set Bold, Underline, Italic, etc), Alignment, Colour...
I think that just about meets your requirements (?) -- give it a try...

+1 for quickoffice tablet addition from notion ink. Works great for me!

OK, have given it a try. To begin with, I feel a little odd using it since I can't find the HD version in the market, so have to wonder if it won't up and die on me at some point.
In any event, I was able to insert and resize a picture, but couldn't find any way to select just the picture so I could try to center it. Selection handles seem a bit difficult to operate. Also could not find any way to edit my headers or footers, or to apply my document styles for chapter hearings.
Tool may support all this, but the online help isn't the greatest either. Half tempted to register and see if there have been any updates.
FWIW

The HD version is great. Use it for my college classes and I love it. Have the USB case and this and ur good to go. Being integrated with google docs and dropbox is a nice feature too
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I just side loaded the Notion Ink Quick Office app, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to create a document. Am I supposed to create a Google Docs account or something? Or should I just be able to create a document on my G tab?

goog64 said:
I just side loaded the Notion Ink Quick Office app, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to create a document. Am I supposed to create a Google Docs account or something? Or should I just be able to create a document on my G tab?
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I think you click the app (e.g., word), then select SDCARD, then press the small + at the bottom, which will popup file or folder choice.
Jim

Got it, thanks. Very cool!

Wow i must say the Quickoffice HD is way better than my DocstoGo full at this moment. Wasted my money on Docstogo...
I like the ported canvas app as well.

This seems to be much better than doctogo.
It asked about registering it do I need to?

Nope it's optional.
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[Q] Mobipocket Reader type App

I will say that mobipocket reader is one of my favorite apps on my WM 6.5 phone. The ability to highlight text, annotate, and the organization of all of that thereof makes this program super legit. I think the files that it creats are .prc files. My question is : Are there any mobipocket like appz for android? I use officesuite which does well for a .txt reader but it doesnt offer the perks of Mobipocket. Thanks if you have any suggestions!

I loved Mobipocket on my old Windows phones. Since I got my Evo and G-tab I use ireader (bought from the Market). It reads all of my Mobi files, and I still use Mobi on my PC to create them. If you want a free reader that reads them, you can try the Kindle app, just have to copy the books into the Kindle folder on your device.

Hello,
I've spent 100s of hours with that, in fact the need of a powerful device for Mobipocket brought me to HTC HD2 and all that flashing and hacking activity ;-) ..no regrets, because the Mobipocket on my HD2 now is that what I was longing for, so I really much appreciate all that xda-developers help..
There is no bloody kindle doing this job! ..and hardly anything els, I couldn't believe it myself - the mobipocket version I use now must be about 6 years old !!
Certainly there are number of other readers, most of them unfortunately pitifuly poor.
Mobipocket came with 3 important things for me:
a) I can create a mobibook of my own (using pc creator)
b) there is a choice of 100s of dictionaries which are direct linked to my readings by simply tapping a word - smth. similar you will find with other readers too, the difference is that they give you typically a choice of max 2 dict. - none of which I would compare to my Longman or Chambers - and you can only dream about them working simultaneously - well, some of them would take you online - which is quite impressive by iReader, however, mobi-dictionaries do not depend on the internet connection, plus you can again highlight, bookmark, add note, or create a direct link from that book you've been reading into your dictionary, so next time when you go through it, you'd just touch that underlined word which takes you right where you want to be..
c) you can customize colours, fonts, toolbar, organize reading lists.. given the fact, that this app was stopped by Amazon in development some 6 years ago, it is a luxury application.. well, it doesn't turn pages in 3D, but as a reading tool, especially for study, in my opinion, it's hardly replaceable by other reader so far..
some readers do the mobipocket format, but do they support the function of built-in mobipocket dictionaries? hardly.. if I wanted my Longman to work in an android reader, the trouble is they don't do it as a built-in dictionary anymore..
WM 6.5 FOREVER

Mobipocket was purchased by Amazon. It is the backbone for their .azw format (at one point and time, you could retrieve the Kindle 1 PID). On the Kindle devices, you could read .prc and .mobi formats natively.
I haven't tried with the Android app, but you could try copying a Mobi file into the Kindle's book folder and see if it appears. The only downside is that the Kindle app doesn't have a PID, so it wouldn't be able to read protected files.
Ever since Amazon acquired Mobipocket, there haven't been any real updates to the Mobipocket apps. There were a few minor updates to existing apps, but no new platforms have been added (like Android). Amazon pretty much wants everyone to use the Kindle app instead.
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PDF fill in app

Is there an app for the Xoom that lets you fill in forms? Adobe Reader doesn't allow it

I can't really give you a positive response but the following three programs don't allow filling an Adobe 9 form either:
Documents To Go (paid)
Picsel Smart Office (paid)
Quick Office HD (incl w/ Xoom)
Did you try a market search?

yup.. i did, thanks for the heads up though!

Repligo does what you need.
Repligo is the only .PDF reader that also allows you to draw/write free hand in a file that I found after searching for 5 days. I purchased it ($4.99) and figured it would be worth it because now I can take digital contracts to all clients and have them signed and copies emailed to them in minutes. If you search youtube for Repligo you will also see a full video explanation of the features.

Isun said:
Repligo is the only .PDF reader that also allows you to draw/write free hand in a file that I found after searching for 5 days. I purchased it ($4.99) and figured it would be worth it because now I can take digital contracts to all clients and have them signed and copies emailed to them in minutes. If you search youtube for Repligo you will also see a full video explanation of the features.
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Free hand is not exactly the same as filling out forms but it's a start. Thanks for the info! Hopefully companies will discover the value of the android tablet market soon.
[sent with Android technology]

I don't want to point out the obvious but if you have a scanner and printer then print the page outfill it in and scan it back to the computer... I think you could also print the page and scan it back in the computer under a different format so you could type it then do what you got to do

Think of PDF forms as being in the same space as HTML forms. You have discrete fields with the ability to have logic and calculations in Adobe's version of javascript. Handwriting over it or printing out negates the whole point of making it an Acrobat form.
I was told that the Adobe app supported forms but I have not tried it, so the person I was talking with was probably mistaken. I think Adobe themselves would be the most likely to support form elements in a standalone manner (i.e. not using the Acrobat Forms Server, or whatever they call it now).

thanks for all the replies. i wanted to use my xoom for work and have clients fill out forms via the PDF.

[Q] PDF files embedded in frames

This is problem that seems continuous to all my android devices (evo 3d, galaxy s2, and touchpad with schizoid) and I was wondering if anyone had a solution:
Is there any way to open up pdf files that are embedded in frames? Thanks
I have tried multiple browsers (chrome, dolphin, integrated android one) with no success.

jejunum said:
This is problem that seems continue uous to all my android devices (evo 3d, galaxy s2, and touchpad with schizoid) and I was wondering if anyone had a solution:
Is there any way to open up pdf files that are embedded in frames? Thanks
I have tried multiple browsers (chrome, dolphin, integrated android one) with no success.
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I've never used schizoid only AOSP, but when I click on a link with a pdf file it's downloaded, then I use an Adobe reader to read them.
Hope this helps.

It is only terrible websites that have PDF files in frames. like this:
ugh unable to post link to it: if one searches on google "pdf in frame" it is the first link.
I wouldn't care about 1990's web design except one website I really need access to won't load!
Thanks!

jejunum said:
It is only terrible websites that have PDF files in frames. like this:
ugh unable to post link to it: if one searches on google "pdf in frame" it is the first link.
I wouldn't care about 1990's web design except one website I really need access to won't load!
Thanks!
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I see what you mean, ugh.
Maybe this link will help : http://drupal.org/node/
From the little I read, it seems Firefox has a plug in for this. Take a look at it, maybe that will be your solution.
Good luck.

chicle_11 said:
I see what you mean, ugh.
Maybe this link will help :
From the little I read, it seems Firefox has a plug in for this. Take a look at it, maybe that will be your solution.
Good luck.
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uhh?
Drupal is a content management system which allows you to create and maintain many different types of websites without needing to know any coding languages.
The following pages provide some general information about the Drupal project and its underlying concepts and technologies.

Sorry, this is what I meant to post:
Displaying PDF in frame
Posted by steve22 on September 20, 2006 at 5:21pm
I have all the pdf files in one folder www.mysite.com/images/ . Is it possible that via some php script whenever user access those pdf files either directly or through google, it is opened inside a frame (with my website's logo, menu etc as the top banner above the pdf) instead of opening directly as pdf file?
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Opening PDFs inside browsers
Posted by styro on September 20, 2006 at 8:43pm
is a browser plugin thing at the client, the webmaster can't control that. Some PDF readers or OSes don't include browser plugins for PDFs, and always handle PDFs as downloads. Some paranoid users (after all Acrobat Reader has some security issues apparently) might switch off PDF browser plugins.
As for opening in a frame, you couldn't do that with a link directly to the PDF (eg public downloads). With private downloads you might be able to add to the system (?) module to change the download pages to use frames somehow - but IMO it would be a lot of pain for very little (if any) benefit.
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With Firefox on Android you can install the PDF Viewer as an addon. This is the viewer that now ships with the desktop version. I've used it before to view PDFs in the browser, its not as smooth as Adobe, but will probably work for you:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-us/firefox/addon/pdfjs/