Reading PDF in iBook

If I try to read pdf in iBook - it is opening them in preview.
Changing the default app to read pdf to iBook gets iBook into infinite loop!
What is the procedure to *open* pdf in iBook and not in preview?
IBook is not opening any pdf.

yes, it is so annoying, it crashed my ibook, it should just SIMPLY open in ibook, feel a bit disappointing.

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http://osxdaily.com/2012/03/16/transfer-old-ipad-to-new-ipad/
iOS: Transferring information from your current iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch to a new device
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2109
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http://tinyurl.com/qzk2a26
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Transferring your prepaid cellular data account depends on your carrier. AT&T lets you move it yourself when you go to Cellular Data in Settings and log into your account with your previous AT&T user name and password. For iPads with Sprint service, you can set up an account on the new iPad and contact Sprint Customer Care (888-211-4727 and go through the menus) to deactivate the old plan and get credit for unused service. For Verizon, call the company’s customer service number for mobile broadband support (800-786-8419) and ask to have your account transferred.
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Unable to read pdf in iBooks on MacBook Pro

Trying to use iBooks for the first time to read some PDFs, as I was unhappy with reading them in Adobe Acrobat and wanted to see if iBooks would offer a better experience.
I added the PDFs (purchased from Lonely Planet) into iBooks. However, every time I click on a file within the iBooks library, it would launch Adobe Acrobat Pro or Preview and open the PDF in one of these applications.
Next, I located the files in Finder (in the iBooks folder) and in the Get Info box, I told it to "Open with: iBooks.app". No effect.
Next, I try doing the same with the original files (in the Get Info box, I told it to "Open with: iBooks.app") before adding them to the iBooks library. Now, clicking on them in the iBooks library, it tries to launch Preview and then I get an error message:
Why???

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How do I open pdfs in iBook and not Adobe reader? (OS X Mavericks)

On iOS devices, I can save and read pdfs in iBooks. How do I do it in the new application for OS X Mavericks?

Hello there, FootballTechGeek.
The following Knowledge Base article shows how this can be done:
OS X Mountain Lion: Choose an app to open a document
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH11329
Particularly:
Permanently change the document’s app
Select the document and choose File > Get Info.
In the Info window, click the triangle next to “Open with” to expand the section.
Choose an app from the pop-up menu, or choose Other to locate a different app.
If you want to use that app to open all documents of the same type as the current document and created by the same app, click Change All.
Thanks for reaching out to Apple Support Communities.
Cheers,
Pedro.

PDF in iBooks, search question

Hi there, I have a client who uses iBooks to view 2 pdfs on her iPad. The pdfs were created in InDesign, 2 different designers (not me). The issue she encountered is with search results in iBooks.
In the first book, when I search for a particular number, the search results show 1) page number results and 2) text results containing the number. Shown below.
In the second book, when I search for a particular number, the search results 1) page number results and 2) text results containing the number PLUS a word next to it ("audrey-small"). Shown below.
Has anyone else experienced this with reading pdfs in iBooks? Is there any way the word "audrey-small" can be taken out so that search results for numbers only show the number? I'm posing this as an InDesign question because the 2 files were built by 2 separate designers and they may have different creation/design processes.
I don't know if iBooks is the best application for reading pdfs on the iPad, but that's what my client uses. Both books were created in Adobe InDesign. I'm posting this also to the Adobe Forums, but any insight here would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!

In the first case, that might be the expected behavior. It seems in iBooks, pdfs don't have the option to go to a certain page # only as you have it with Adobe Reader. It just puts the number in the general search and brings all results containing that number. Regarding the second case, I have no idea why is showing audrey-small.

Ibooks alternative to read PDf's in iPhone 3g?

Hi there,
I understand the iphone 3g cannot download the latest version of ibooks as it is for ios5. I don't have an older version of ibooks I can use, to put on my old iphone, so unfortunately this is not an option.
I also see alot of alternative apps no longer work for 4.2.1 either, for the same reason. (kobo, kindle etc)
So.....I was wondering if 1) anyone knows of an app that will allow me to read PDF's on my old iphone 3g and can be downloaded from the app store?
2) a way to view and organise .pnf files on my iphone 3g instead?
I wanted to use my old iphone 3g at the gym for music and using (.pnf or .pdf I have same fil) files that have all my work outs on them. I have about 80 pdf's that I wanted to file into sub folders, that I use from week to week. I can do this with all my PDF recipes in ibooks I am using on my ipad. Hopefully I can do the same!
Thanks for your help!

Thanks...So annoying. I have over 80 files.
I will keep hunting and see how I go.
Thanks for your help! ANy other help would be great

IBooks alternative app for reading PDFs

Now that iOS 7 successfully killed reading PDFs on iPad, is the a real alternative to reading user-generated PDFs on the iPad?

I never had a problem reading PDFs on my iPad until I “upgraded” to iOS 7. Thank you for pointing me to Adobe PDF Reader. It works very well. The only thing is that PDFs have to be uploaded (or ADDED) to the app, through the APP tab in iTunes when your device is connected, and then Sync-ed. Whereas before I would just drag PDFs into the Books window of iTunes and they would automatically be read into iBooks.
This is only an issue for user generated PDFs (even though i'm using Preview of Adobe Acrobat Pro [9.5.5] in OS 10.8.4). Web or commercially downloadable PDFs continue to work in iBooks.

I'm reading a pdf in ibook and it takes up the whole screen so I can't manage it... what am I doing wrong?

I'm reading a pdf in ibook and it takes up the whole screen so I can't manage it... what am I doing wrong?

its ok now...

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For Tagged PDF the replace page approach ought to be avoided.
The behavior seen when replace page is used for an existing page having annotations is not present.
Insert of a tagged PDF into another PDF can be a problem as well. The "incoming" structure tree is always placed at the end of the existing structure tree.
Manually remediating this can become nasty very quickly.
Using the Touchup / Edit text tool on a 'good' tagged PDF ought to be avoided as well.
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How can I open a PDF in iBooks on iPhone 5s?

I have PDFs in iBooks. When I try to open them it says I should open them with Adobe Reader. I downloaded Adobe Reader but can't seem to get the PDFs to open with it.
I found a previous thread saying that you can't use Adobe Reader with iBooks, but that was before the 5s came out, so I'm starting a new thread. If you can't open a PDF from iBooks with Adobe Reader, why is it telling me to use Adobe Reader? And how else can I open it?
This shows what happens when I try to read my PDF, and click on the icon that's supposed to let me open it in Adober Reader:

This particular file is a PDF Portfolio, which needs Flash to display correctly. When you open a PDF Portfolio in the Adobe Reader mobile it will open in list view to get around the fact that Flash isn't supported on iOS. So, it won't open properly in a native viewer on iOS only within the Adobe Reader.

How do i add a pdf to ibooks

I subscribe to the digital edition of Photoshop Elements Techniques magazine, and I download it as a pdf on my MacBook Pro. I would like to use iBooks as an easy way to read pdf's on both my MBP and my iPad. When I try to drag a PET isisue to iBooks, or import it from within iBooks, I get an error message saying it is not the right format. I have done it in the past, and have also added recipes I have saved as a pdf and successfully added them to iBooks, but cannot remember the how i did it .
I realize I want to use iBooks is a way that it is perhaps not intended to be used, but this is a really good way to collect pdfs in one place to use across my devices. If someone knows of a better way, I'm all ears. Thanks for your help!

Control click the pdf > Open in ... iBooks. It is possible that the pdf you are having trouble adding to iBooks is incompatible with it, but most pdfs can be added. I've never struck a pdf yet that can't be opened in iBooks.

Password protected PDF in iBooks not displaying

I loaded a password protected PDF into my iTunes library and then synced it with iPad (4th gen iOS 6.1.3). I see the PDF in iBooks on the iPad and when I click on it, it prompts for the password. I input the password and PDF "opens" but it's just the blank grey screen showing page 1/1 (it's supposed to be a 79 page document). Any ideas? I took the password off the document and loaded that one into iTunes then my iPad and it displays just fine. I did this same sequence with a different document and with the password it didn't display and without the password it did display.
If there is an issue with iBooks, any way to sideload this into Adobe Reader, or somehow "Open in" Adobe Reader from iBooks?
Thanks
Dan

It looks like this issue may be limited to files that have been set to restrict the user's ability to print or edit the document (even after a password has been entered for viewing). I found that a password-protected PDF could be viewed in iBooks, but after I added the print restriction, I had the same problem you reported.

How to attach a PDF from Ibooks to a current email - help !

Hello,
I am using an Ipad mini and can't figure something out.
I have a long email and would like to attach a PDF file to my latest response. The PDF is currently in my IBooks.
I know I can send the PDF in a new/clean email, but the point is that I would like to be able to attach it to the current email. I can insert a photo or a video but there doesnt seem to be a way to insert a PDF file.
I tried to open the PDF up in a new mail, cut it, then paste it into the existing email, but even that doesn't seem to work - I checked my sent box and there was no attachment on the mail when I tried it that way. The only way around the problem I can think of is to create the new email with the attachment, save it as a draft, go back into the original mail, copy it, go back into drafts and paste the existing text around my attachment - but this is a ridiculous and time-consuming process and not really practical.
Can anyone kindly advise? I think there will be an easy solution, but I just dont see it yet -
Thanks, M

There is no way to do what you are trying to do. You have to send the email and the pdf from iBooks.
Open the PDF in iBooks then tap the arrow icon in the upper left corner and select Email. Copy and paste the entire lengthy email into this new email in iBooks and send it that way, its clunky, but it is really the only way to accomplish what you want to accomplish using an iPad and the mail app. You can cancel the email in the iBooks app and it will allow you to save the draft and you can go back to using the mail app to send it, or just send the email from iBooks.
The mail app will only allow you to insert photos and videos as attachments.

How do you email 1 page from a pdf in iBooks?

I have multi-page plans in iBooks and want to send only 1 page to a subcontractor and not the entire set of plans. How do you only e-mail one page of a multi-page PDF in iBooks?
Thanks,
Victor

You could try copy/paste.
But you would probably have more luck switching to an app really designed for working with pdf files rather than ebooks, like GoodReader.

Why can't I add a playlist of PDFs to iBooks?

I have added a few hundred PDFs to my iTunes library. I was then able to add these PDFs to a playlist with some videos and music. I can simply select the playlist under videos and music and easily add all the audio and movie files but when it comes to adding the PDFs I still have to do this manually one by one to iBooks. There is a similar question to this one asked in an existing thread but I have a bigger question in mind. Why would iTunes let me add the PDFs to a playlist if I can't even add a playlist to iBooks? Is there some other point to organizing a bunch of PDFs on iTunes? iTunes doesn't even display PDFs. How can I add PDFs to iTunes in a quicker manner? Is this an option that Apple will be integrating in the near future?
Yes, I have used Goodreader, but I would like an easier, quicker, integrated syncing option and one that doesn't make me manually manage the PDFs. I also make recomendations to customers about how they should manage their PDF documents and want to use iBooks so that I'm not telling them they are forced to spend more $$ in order to have this feature.

No other solution at this time. Are you using iPad or iPhone?
iPad - I can understand why you ask. It's too bad you can't sync PDF playlist. Right now the only way is to use Sugarsync. From there you can "Open PDF in iBooks". Or you can use Goodreader.
iPhone - Why would you want to use iTunes and iBooks? Although iBooks is well designed and handles PDF very well even on iPhone, it doesn't have text-reflow feature which makes PDF reading useless on iPhone unless you want to loose your eye sight soon. So the only way is to sync a folder using Sugarsync. You can access Sugarsync from Goodreader.

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