When converted why can't you make notes or highlights on the text?

hmooney · 08-29-2011, 12:34 PM

Hi all,

I am trying to make a textbook from multiple sources and have converted them to a PDF. My students are all required to have I-Pads and I need them to be able to annotate the text through an e-book reader, probably i-books. During my experiments I have gotten the file converted to an E-Pub but when I use it in I-books or other readers they come up nicely but I can not highlight or take notes. Does anyone have any ideas how to do this?

Thanks

itimpi · 08-29-2011, 01:45 PM

You would need reading software that supports annotations, and as far as I know iBooks does not. There has been discussion in Apple forums saying it would be nice if Apple added such support but I have not seen any suggestion this will definitely arrive.

08-29-2011, 12:34 PM	#1
hmooney Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Device: I-Pad	When converted why can't you make notes or highlights on the text? Hi all, I am trying to make a textbook from multiple sources and have converted them to a PDF. My students are all required to have I-Pads and I need them to be able to annotate the text through an e-book reader, probably i-books. During my experiments I have gotten the file converted to an E-Pub but when I use it in I-books or other readers they come up nicely but I can not highlight or take notes. Does anyone have any ideas how to do this? Thanks

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08-29-2011, 01:45 PM	#2
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,552 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	You would need reading software that supports annotations, and as far as I know iBooks does not. There has been discussion in Apple forums saying it would be nice if Apple added such support but I have not seen any suggestion this will definitely arrive.

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