iPad Apps for Lawyers - Part III: Reading & Reviewing Files

Alright guys! This is the last of the "these apps are good for everyone not just lawyers," posts. Today/tonight, whenever it is that you are reading this, we will review reviewing files.


Read & Review

How I've forgotten to mention we have this in our collection, I do not know

PDFExpert 5: Read, annotate, edit, merge, sign, and fill out PDFs not only with relative ease, but the site says it will in fact be a "joy" to do all these things using their app. One of its more intriguing features is that PDFExpert 5 enables you to review and edit PDFs with in a mode not entirely unlike MS Word, and its preview mode allows you to see the final version of an edited document.

GoodReader: Touted as THE FIRST app every lawyer should get according to americanbar.org/younglawyer. It supports PDF, TXT, MS Office .doc, ppt, .xls, HTML, ZIP and RAR archives, and audio/video. It is capable of a lot of really cool functions, and has gotten rave reviews. Check out their website for more details, otherwise I'm gonna start sounding like a salesman.

EzPDF:  This basically has all the bells and whistles, cogs and pulleys, that the others have, but this app is the only one bragging about embedded multimedia in PDFs (or maybe I'm just not that observant, and all of them do this). Anyhow, this reader is good not only for regular plain old boring non-moving PDFs, but is great for things like children's books, PDF multimedia EBooks, and other jewels of information that include instructional, animated video.

And this my friends, wraps up the basic useful apps. Next time, we are going to dive into the world of deposition apps! Until then, keep on truckin' but take a break once in a while. . . it's good for ya'!
 
Be Aware: While the apps discussed in this series are helpful tools, they are in no way meant to replace official law sources. Please, rely on your McKusick Law Library or certified government websites for reference.