Attached Mail Document - unable to return to mail

This has happened to me a couple of times and I'm looking for simpler solutions to a re-boot.
I open an attachment in mail (both times a PDF) and then close the iPad or go to another app. When I come back to mail it the document is what is displayed and none of the controls for the doc work including being able to hit the done button and go back to mail.
The two times this has happened I've re-booted the iPad and it comes back just fine. Is this an apps bug? Is there a simpler solution than the re-boot.
Thanks
GJM

If you have any app on your iPad that can open the attachment (e.g. Good Reader, DocsToGo), you can use that app to open the attachment rather than the Mail app's built-in quick viewer. This can avoid the "stuck in the quick viewer" problem with no "Done" button.
In the Mail app, just click-and-hold on the icon of the attachment. A small menu will pop-up giving you some options like:
Quick Look
Open in "DocsToGo"
Open In...
Click on any other option than Quick Look and open the attachment in another app. Seems to work fine for all types of attachments.
Regards
Peter

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