Documents by Readdle

Users guide
2013 Readdle Inc.

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Table of Contents
Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... 3 S upported F ile F ormats ................................................................................................................... 3 C apabilities ...................................................................................................................................... 3 C hapter 1: Overview ............................................................................................................................ 4 C hapter 2: C opying documents ............................................................................................................ 5 C opying files from online s torage ..................................................................................................... 5 2-way s ynchronization ..................................................................................................................... 6 US B file trans fer using iT unes F ile S haring ..................................................................................... 6 S aving attachments from Mail and other iP ad apps ......................................................................... 7 C onnecting Documents to a computer via W i-F i .............................................................................. 7 C onnecting Documents to W indows XP .......................................................................................... 8 C onnecting Documents to W indows V is ta/ W indows 7 .................................................................... 9 iC loud............................................................................................................................................. 10 C hapter 3: Managing files .................................................................................................................. 11 Managing files and folders ............................................................................................................. 11 S earch ........................................................................................................................................... 12 C hapter 4: R eading documents .......................................................................................................... 13 V iewing and annotating P DF files P DF files ................................................................................... 13 P DF V iewer options ....................................................................................................................... 16 R eading other types of documents ................................................................................................ 17 P laying Audio and Video ................................................................................................................ 17 R eading books ............................................................................................................................... 17 B rows ing the web .......................................................................................................................... 18 Appendix: S ettings ............................................................................................................................. 19 G eneral .......................................................................................................................................... 19 W i-F i Drive ..................................................................................................................................... 19 S ync ............................................................................................................................................... 20 B rows er .......................................................................................................................................... 20 V iewers .......................................................................................................................................... 20 P DF ................................................................................................................................................ 21 B ook R eader .................................................................................................................................. 21 F ile manager .................................................................................................................................. 21 S upport .......................................................................................................................................... 22

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Introduction
Documents by Readdle is an advanced document reader for your iPad and iPad mini. Besides displaying documents, it can store files copied via USB or Wi-Fi, connect to various network storages and save pages from the web. Supported File Formats The following file formats are supported by Documents By Readdle: File Viewer PDF Viewer Text Editor Image Viewer Video Player Audio Player Archiver Capabilities With Documents app you can do the following: File Viewer PDF Viewer Network Text Editor Audio Player
View files, search contents View, search contents, display annotations, highlight/underline/strike-out text , add bookmarks Download/upload/sync with Dropbox, Google Drive, SugarSync, Box, Office 365, SkyDrive, MyDisk.se, Filesanywhere, Storegate, CloudMe, FTP/SFTP Server, WebDAV Server; Sync several devices via iCloud; iTunes File Sharing support, Wi-Fi Drive Edit text Folder contents as a playlist, can play music in background, can be controlled using iOS media controls .pages, .keynote, .numbers; .doc/.docx, .xls/.xlsx, .ppt/.pptx; .odp, .ods, .odt, .rtf, rtfd, .txt; .html, .htm, .webarchive .pdf .txt .bmp, .gif, .ico, .jpeg, .png, .tiff, .xbm .3gp, .l16, .m3u, .m4v, .mm, .mov, .mp4, .scm.

.aac, .aif, .aifc, .aiff, .amr, .au, .I16, .m3u, .m4a, .m4b, .m4p,
.mp3, .pcm, .wav .zip, .rar

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Chapter 1: Overview
Documents by Readdle provides clean and simple user interface. It has two main sections: controls to the left and files to the right. You can chose either Thumbnails or List view of your files by swiping down from the top and tapping the appropriate option on Sorting toolbar.
Switch to Edit mode Thumbnail / List view switch Search Settings Local documents iCloud sync folder Network connections Local browser The list of servers youve connected to The list of recently opened documents New folder Sorting toolbar

Documents tab shows the list of all files and folders stored within Documents by Readdle iCloud folder allows syncing documents between different devices with Documents by Readdle and ReaddleDocs, provided these devices are connected to the same iCloud account. Network tab allows connecting to different kind of web servers, downloading and uploading files. Browser gives a possibility to browse the web without leaving Documents by Readdle. Network section gives fast access to the web services youve connected to. Recents tab displays the list of all recently opened files.

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Chapter 2: Copying documents
Copying files from online storage If you use Dropbox, Google Drive, SkyDrive, FTP/SFTP or other WebDAV server, Documents provides handy access to your files directly from the iPad. You can use any of the online storages to transfer files from your PC or laptop to the iPad.
NOTE: Downloaded file can be opened later even without an active Internet connection

1 Go to Network>+ Add Storage and select the server youd like to connect to. Provide your login and password. 2 You can access files under Network tab. By tapping on any of the files will save it locally to the Downloads folder in Documents tab.

NOTE: If the online storage you use is not in the list, tap Other WebDAV Server and enter the URL and credentials manually.

The file copied from the network storage is saved to the same folder as on the server. This feature can be modified under Settings>File manager.

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2-way synchronization Once a connection to the web storage is established, you can set up automatic 2-way synchronization with one of the folders on the server.
ATTENTION: Sync uses your Wi-Fi or 3G internet connections. Large folder syncing (like your entire Dropbox account) may be very slow, that's why, please choose one or several folders, which contain only required files.

To enable 2-way sync: 1 Go to Network tab, 2 Select the server you would like to sync with, 3 Open a folder, 4 Tap Sync button on the navigation bar, 5 Tap Sync This Folder to add this folder to syncing queue. 6 After that a copy of the folder will be added to the Documents tab. All changes applied to documents within this folder will be automatically synced with the storage.

USB file transfer using iTunes File Sharing Documents app supports iTunes USB File Sharing for transferring files over USB. To transfer files, connect your iPad to a computer via USB, then open iTunes and click on the device name at the top. Afterwards, click on the Apps tab and scroll down. Find Documents in File Sharing section.

You can Drag & Drop files into our apps documents list. Saving attachments from Mail and other iPad apps Attachments from Mail application can be saved to Documents using Open In... function. For this: 1 Open an email in the Mail application. 2 Tap and hold on the attachment. 3 Tap Open in Documents. You can use Open In... function to save documents from other applications like Dropbox, Box, Pages, Safari, iWork apps etc. to Documents. Just tap Actions button in the appropriate application and select Open In.... Connecting Documents to a computer via Wi-Fi Documents can use Wi-Fi network connection of any type to copy files between an iPad and a computer. The application uses the WebDAV protocol to share its data with other computers via Wi-Fi Network. Most popular operating systems and many programs have the ability to mount a WebDAV resource as a network drive.

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To check Documents app Wi-Fi Drive IP address, go to Network and tap the Wi-Fi icon at the top right corner. For quick uploading/downloading files, you may also connect to Documents app using any web browser. Just type full URL like ht t p://192.168.1.4 into address bar (replace 192.168.1.15 with IP address of your iPad).

Connecting Documents to Windows XP 1 Open the Start menu and select My Network Places. 2 At the Network Tasks panel (you can find it on the left part of the window) click Add a Network Place .Add Network Place Wizard will be launched. 3 Click Next at the Add Network Place Wizard welcome screen. 4 Select Choose another network location and then click Next. 5 Type http:// and Documents app IP address and port. This information is displayed on top of the Network tab on your iPad. 6 Enter the name for this new connection or leave a default one. 7 Press Finish. Please ensure that Open this network place when I click Finish is checked. 8 If you have enabled password protection inside Documents, you will be prompted to enter your username and password. Make sure you are entering a username and password, which are set in Documents Settings tab. Also, please note that Windows XP may ask you to enter the password several times. 9 As a result you should get Documents network drive mounted and ready to use:

To reconnect to Documents, first make sure that the app is running. Open the Start menu and click My Network Places. Find the network drive under Network Locations and double-click it.

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Connecting Documents to Windows Vista/ Windows 7 1 Open Start menu and select Computer 2 Click Map network drive on the toolbar on top of the Computer window. 3 Choose a drive letter in the drop-down menu. 4 Type http:// and Documents app IP address. This information is displayed on top of the Network tab in Documents app. Make sure the Reconnect at login box is unchecked. 5 If you have enabled password protection in Documents, you will be prompted to enter your username and password. Make sure you are entering the username and password, which are set in Documents app Settings tab. Also, please note that Windows Vista/Windows 7 may ask you to enter the password several times. 6 As a result you should get Documents app network drive mounted and ready to use: To reconnect to Documents, first make sure that the app is running. Open the Start menu and click Computer. Find the network drive under Network Locations and double-click it. Connecting Documents to Mac OS X 10.4 or later 1 Click on the Finder icon 2 Select the Connect to Server... item in the Go menu. You can use Command+K shortcut as well. 3 Type http:// and Documents server's IP address. 4 Press Connect button. You can also add the server to Favorite Servers list. If you have enabled password protection at Documents, you will be prompted to enter your username and password. Make sure that you are entering username and password, which are set in Documents Settings tab. 5 As a result you should get Shared Disk mounted on your Mac: You can also enable Connected servers setting at Finder Preferences General to show it on the Desktop.

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iCloud Documents app provides a possibility to sync data via iCloud. With this feature you can share one set of files with all devices with Documents connected to one iCloud account. To use the feature to make sure iCloud is enabled on your device. For this: 1 Launch iPad Settings 2 Tap iCloud 3 Make sure Documents&Data is On. 4 Once this is done iCloud tab will be available in Documents. 5 All the documents you copy or move to iCloud folder are accessible on other devices with our app connected to the same iCloud account.

ATTENTION: iCloud uses your Wi-Fi or 3G internet connection. Sending large amount of data will take time and drain iPads battery life.

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Chapter 3: Managing files
Documents app provides a wide variety of options for storing and organizing your files. Managing files and folders To reveal options for managing files and folders tap iCloud tabs. in a Documents or

To manage files stored in Documents, select these files and do the following:
To Do this Tap Copy and choose destination folder Tap Move and choose destination folder Select one file and tap Rename Tap Zip. The new archive file will be placed into the same folder.

Copy file Move file Rename Compress file/folder

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To Do this Tap Delete Tap Email. The dialog will pop up to edit the message and fill in recipient email Tap Upload to send a file or files to a web server youve connected to Tap Open In and select the app to send the file Swipe down get to sort bar and select Name, Date or Size Tap Create Folder and name new folder

Delete document Email one or several files Upload Open in another app Sort Create new folder

NOTE: When you delete a folder, all its files and subfolders are deleted as well.

Search Documents provides a possibility to search through all your documents. You can choose to search within the documents contents or only the names of your files. To activate Search bar tap and type in the text in the search field. .

To navigate to a folder with the search result tap

NOTE: Contents search is a resource consuming process which requires file indexing and may take some time. Please wait until indexing and search are finished to view all the results.

Tap Done to go back to Documents tab.

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Chapter 4: Reading documents
Viewing and annotating PDF files PDF files Documents provide a possibility to view and annotate PDF files. To add Note Do this Tap and hold on any place of the document without text and tap

Note to a text

Tap and hold on the text to show text selection box. Drag markers to select the text and select Note from the popup.

Type a note to the selected extract of the text.

To edit a text note, tap on the Note sign (above left) once and modify its content. To edit the color of the selected text, tap Colors. To delete it tap Clear. Highlight Tap and hold on the text to show text selection box. Drag markers to select the text and select Highlight from the popup.

To edit the color of the selected text, tap Colors. To delete highlighting tap Clear. To copy the selected word / phrase, tap Copy. Afterwards it will be possible to paste it a note by tapping and holding your finger and selecting Paste in a note popup. You can always add a note to the given text by tapping Note.

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To add Underline Do this Tap and hold on the text to show text selection box. Drag markers to select the text and select Underline from the popup.

To edit the color of the selected text, tap Colors. To delete underlining tap Clear. To copy the selected word / phrase, tap Copy. Afterwards it will be possible to paste it using such pop ups as Note or Text by tapping and holding your finger and selecting Paste. You can always add a note to the given text by selecting Note. Strikeout Tap and hold on the text to show text selection box. Drag markers to select the text and select Strikeout from the popup.

To edit the color of the selected text, tap Colors. To delete strikeout tap Clear. To copy the selected word / phrase, tap Copy. Afterwards it will be possible to paste it using such pop ups as Note or Text by tapping and holding your finger and selecting Paste. You can always add a note to the given text by selecting Note. Search To search for a text within a PDF tap on and type is the word.

By tapping on any of the search results you can go to the appropriate page. You can start searching the web for the key word or go to Wikipedia from the popup. The web page will be opened in internal browser.

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To add Bookmarks Do this Tap Add. and then select Bookmarks. To add new bookmark tap

To review the PDF structure, tap Outlines. To navigate to another chapter of the PDF just tap the appropriate item. Tap Annotations to review the list of highlights and notes. To navigate to a certain annotation tap it in the list.

Dictionary

You can search for a definition of any word in PDF file by tapping and holding on it and selecting Dictionary on the popup.

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PDF Viewer options To gain access to additional options while viewing PDF file tap Go to Page
Navigates to a certain page of the PDF Crop mode fixes current zoom level. When the mode is on, you can swipe to another page with one finger even when the document is zoomed in. To pan or zoom in this mode 2 fingers gestures should be used This option allows sending the current document by email. NOTE: simple PDF viewers cannot display annotations made by Documents app. You can create Flattened copy of the document and then send it by email to make sure that your recipient will be able to read the annotations Allows creating a copy of the PDF. You can choose a target folder for the new file. Send a document to print via iOS AirPrint feature Sends the document to any other application that supports PDF files on your iPad You can switch to night mode to read documents in a dark

Enable Crop Mode

Send by E-mail

Save a Copy Print Open in Brightness

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Reading other types of documents In the Documents app you can view MS Office and work files and perform the following actions: Search for key words Add bookmarks and use them for navigating Send the file by email Send the file to another application on the iPad Print the document Set up the brightness for viewing the document

Playing Audio and Video Documents plays video and audio files stored locally. If there are several audio files in a folder Documents will create a playlist of them and switch to the next song in the folder automatically. The music will play in the background if you close the app.

Reading books With Documents app you can read ePub and FB2 electronic books in a most comfortable way. To set up the font size and family tap Reader. and select Book

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Browsing the web With the internal browser in Documents you can: Browse the web, Save bookmarks, Save web pages as HTML, Web archive and PDF files for offline reading, Download files to the Documents tab. To switch to browser tap Browser on the left-side panel. Save a web page Show/hide left-side panel Go back Create and manage bookmarks Manage downloads

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Appendix: Settings
Settings allow customizing your application, configuring Wi-Fi network drive parameters, document viewing, security and other preferences of the app. General Passkey allows you to protect documents from being viewed by another person. Once set, the application will ask the passkey on each launch.
NOTE: To set password for wireless access to Documents by Readdle, use Wi-Fi Network Drive section. ATTENTION! There is no way to recover your files if you forget the passkey.

Indexing allows searching with the text of your documents.

NOTE: Indexing takes more RAM and CPU resources from your iPad, so enabling this feature may decrease performance.

Office Documents Search allows searching within iWork and MS Office and HTML files. Wi-Fi Drive Wi-Fi Drive turns Documents by Readdle into a portable flash drive. The only difference is that you need active Wi-Fi connection to transfer files from your computer to the iPad. This feature is based on WebDAV protocol and is compatible with both Windows and Mac. Turn Wi-Fi access to your files on or off. Enable or disable password protection for WiFi access to your files
Ask For Password Enable Drive

NOTE: Password configured here is for Wi-Fi connections only. To protect your documents from being viewed directly on the iPad, use Passkey Lock feature.

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Sync This option contains settings for Automatic Sync. Also you can enable New WebDAV Engine sync. In this mode Documents by Readdle gets the list of modified files from the server instead of checking all files, which speeds up synchronization.

Browser This option allows: Set target folder for downloads Choose user agent, you can select Safari, Google Chrome, Firefox and Internet Explorer. Clear History removes data about the web pages youve visited Clearing Cookies and Data removes all personal data from the browser in Documents.

Viewers Phone number links feature highlights phone numbers in documents when enabled Save media position options allow saving the last page position when you are reading the document or starts playing video or audio from the place where playback stopped Open source code in editor automatically starts editing the text of your source code files VGA Output options allow setting up mirroring. In Screen mirror mode the exact copy of the iPad screen will be displayed on an external monitor or projector. When Document only is enabled our app will show the file while all

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menus and popups will be visible on iPad only. PDF This option allows you to: View PDF in allows selecting default viewer for PDFs Enable or disable Highlight form fields to visually separate active fields from PDF background Set the way you prefer to scroll pages, horizontally or vertically. Make Documents by Readdle zoom-in automatically to the page width in landscape mode by checking Page Width in Lowest page zoom fits to section. Otherwise it will show the whole page in landscape mode. Setup page number indication. Book Reader Book Reader options allow setting the font size and family for reading FB2 and ePub books File manager In this section you can set up the default directory for the files you download from web servers. Also you can enable or disable immediate opening files in Documents by Readdle on startup and after downloading them from the web. Show Photos gives access to Camera Roll within Documents tab

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Support Tapping on the Support button in Settings section allows you to contact Readdle Support team in case you have any questions or suggestions. If you have faced with an issue, please enable Verbose logging, then reproduce the problem and contact us via Support dialog. Diagnostic log will be sent to us so that we could assist you faster.