Converting docs to PDF

karaduman · Mar 24, 2012, 05:10 PM

This topic is doing my head in! I am a university student and I just bought the new iPad. I was planning to annotate my power point files only to find out that I can only annotate PDFs

. So the problem is, our lecturers upload the power points on the day so I wont have the chance to convert the power point files to PDFs on my laptop.
I have tried a few apps to do this, but they either don't work or they do a ****** job by combining a slide and a half of the powerpoint to one page of PDF.

I heard that Keynote can convert office files to PDFs. Can someone confirm this is the case please? And can it do a good job with its conversion?? And does the size of the powerpoint matter? I think the bigger the file the more problematic it gets (or that is what I at least think of

).

I would greatly appreciate it if someone can give some advice

charlieegan3 · Mar 24, 2012, 05:16 PM

so you get the presentation files in what? powerpoint?

one option is to upload/open to/in google docs and download as a pdf, then anotate, would that work for you?

karaduman · Mar 24, 2012, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by charlieegan3

so you get the presentation files in what? powerpoint?

one option is to upload/open to/in google docs and download as a pdf, then anotate, would that work for you?

Yes I get them in powerpoint. How do I upload a powerpoint on the iPad to googledocs?

charlieegan3 · Mar 24, 2012, 05:33 PM

do you have gmail?

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1147590

i think goodreader might do the job.

karaduman · Mar 24, 2012, 05:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by charlieegan3

do you have gmail?

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1147590

i think goodreader might do the job.

I couldn't do it. Even if I upload it to Google docs there no option on the iPad to convert it to PDF. I think paying £6.99 for the Keynote app is my only option! I just want to make sure Keynote can do it!

charlieegan3 · 05:59 PM

ok so you have it uploaded to gdocs? now go to file, download as then PDF? wont that work?

karaduman · Mar 24, 2012, 06:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by charlieegan3

ok so you have it uploaded to gdocs? now go to file, download as then PDF? wont that work?

I dont know what you are referring to?
In the image I attached, there is no 'file' option

charlieegan3 · Mar 24, 2012, 06:11 PM

what about the actions button? is there a download as option in there?

i dont have an ipad so i can't test this myself.

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or you could go to the very bottom and view as desktop, then go to file.

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you shouldn't need to buy anything to sort this.

karaduman · Mar 24, 2012, 06:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by charlieegan3

what about the actions button? is there a download as option in there?

i dont have an ipad so i can't test this myself.

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or you could go to the very bottom and view as desktop, then go to file.

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you shouldn't need to buy anything to sort this.

I gave up. There was no option in googledoc that allowed me to convert the ppt files to PDF. I just bought Keynote so I am hoping that will solve the problem once and for all! I really hope the 7 pound is not wasted. Will let you know if it works!
Thanks for the help though

charlieegan3 · Mar 24, 2012, 06:40 PM

going to desktop at the bottom didn't work? it should have, and would have saved you some cash.

karaduman · Mar 24, 2012, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by charlieegan3

going to desktop at the bottom didn't work? it should have, and would have saved you some cash.

Keynote works fine. It did cost a bit, but it will save me quite a lot of time tbh.
Thanks for the help

charlieegan3 · Mar 25, 2012, 03:49 AM

well i'm glad it works.

shame we couldn't do it for free though.

Mar 24, 2012, 05:10 PM	#1
karaduman macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2008	Converting docs to PDF This topic is doing my head in! I am a university student and I just bought the new iPad. I was planning to annotate my power point files only to find out that I can only annotate PDFs . So the problem is, our lecturers upload the power points on the day so I wont have the chance to convert the power point files to PDFs on my laptop. I have tried a few apps to do this, but they either don't work or they do a ****** job by combining a slide and a half of the powerpoint to one page of PDF. I heard that Keynote can convert office files to PDFs. Can someone confirm this is the case please? And can it do a good job with its conversion?? And does the size of the powerpoint matter? I think the bigger the file the more problematic it gets (or that is what I at least think of ). I would greatly appreciate it if someone can give some advice
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charlieegan3 macrumors 68020 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: U.K	ok so you have it uploaded to gdocs? now go to file, download as then PDF? wont that work? Last edited by charlieegan3; Mar 24, 2012 at 05:59 PM. Reason: spelling
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Mar 24, 2012, 05:16 PM	#2
charlieegan3 macrumors 68020 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: U.K	so you get the presentation files in what? powerpoint? one option is to upload/open to/in google docs and download as a pdf, then anotate, would that work for you?
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Mar 24, 2012, 05:33 PM	#4
charlieegan3 macrumors 68020 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: U.K	do you have gmail? http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=1147590 i think goodreader might do the job.
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Mar 24, 2012, 06:11 PM	#8
charlieegan3 macrumors 68020 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: U.K	what about the actions button? is there a download as option in there? i dont have an ipad so i can't test this myself. ---------- or you could go to the very bottom and view as desktop, then go to file. ---------- you shouldn't need to buy anything to sort this.
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Mar 24, 2012, 06:40 PM	#10
charlieegan3 macrumors 68020 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: U.K	going to desktop at the bottom didn't work? it should have, and would have saved you some cash.
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Mar 25, 2012, 03:49 AM	#12
charlieegan3 macrumors 68020 Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: U.K	well i'm glad it works. shame we couldn't do it for free though.
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