Ipad

Posted by Dr Andus
Jan 10, 2011 at 02:51 PM

Just to clarify what I mean by workflow in this context, here is what I do currently (using a PC). I open EndNote (referencing software), which is a database that has links to each PDF. I open the PDF in PDF-Xchange Viewer and read, highlight text, and annotate by adding the notes within PDF-Xchange. I also have Whizfolders Organizer open and with the “Watching Clipboard” function enabled, so every time I copy any text in the PDF, it is automatically pasted into a Whizfolders topic or as a new Whizfolders topic. So I use Whizfolders to collect quotations basically and also to construct a summary of the article, which then can be worked into an outline etc. I also use Allway Sync to synchronise my annotated PDFs (and everything else really) between my main PC and other PCs, a laptop and a netbook. Occasionally I also use my iPod Touch to read PDFs (and as of yesterday to annotate with GoodReader), but really just at bedtime or while waiting somewhere. It’s too small for serious work.

Originally I thought that I could use my Asus netbook as the platform for reading and working with the PDFs comfortably in an armchair or on a sofa but the screen is just too small and the notebook computer format is not really suitable to read something for hours or pretty much all day in my case.

doctorandus