[Nantes]

Hello guys,

I am Brazilian, and my parents have for many years been translators of documents (from English to Portuguese) for pharmaceutical representatives over here to use in their job. Yesterday my mom called me saying that there's now a tendency towards the use of iPads by these professionals, and thus it would be quite wise for my parents to start accounting for this by making their files readable on iPads. My mom entrusted me with finding out how to do this, as I have more free time and online research skills. However I have little clue about this subject, I need your help!

As far as I'm aware, my parents primarily export their translations in PDF format, since the documents usually have garish formatting and visual elements, and they usually come in PDF to start with. Otherwise they use .doc files. Are PDFs fully readable on iPads?

In the case they are not, what about ePub format for iBooks? My mom mentioned something about them possibly needing to buy a Mac just so that they could run iBooks Author. Is there no good alternative for this program for Windows? It'd be quite a waste to buy a Mac for the sole purpose of making files for iPads if there's a viable alternative for Windows.

Thank you very much.