Readdle's PDF Expert For iPad Now Allows You To Add Signatures, Type Text Into Scanned Forms
November 19, 2010
In Readdle's never-ending quest to help you become more productive with your iPad, the Ukraine developer has released an update to their popular all-in-one PDF reading and manipulating app, PDF Expert for iPad, which now allows you to add signatures and type text directly onto PDFs.
The latest version of PDF Expert for iPad extends the app's annotation capabilities by allowing you to sign documents with only a couple of taps. Simply tap the "Signature" button at the top of the screen to begin the signature creation process, sign your name in the open space using your finger or a stylus, and then tap "Save." Now you will be able to add your signature to any portion of a PDF by tapping and holding on an open space, and then tapping the "Signature" button in the pop-up menu.
Signatures can be manipulated in a variety of ways, such as color, line size, and text size, and can be moved around even after placing them.
The app also now features the ability to add text directly onto a PDF, making filling out scanned PDF forms ridiculously easy. Just like adding signatures, all you have to do is tap and hold on an open space, and then select "Text" from the pop-up menu. Doing so will bring you into a note-like creation area where you can type up as much or as little text as you want, and have it placed right on the PDF. After creating your text, you can still change the size, color, and placement of it.
These two new abilities are in addition to the ones already included in PDF Expert for iPad, like text highlighting, note creation, bookmarking, Wi-Fi and USB file transferring, and password protecting of files.
PDF Expert for iPad v1.5 is available in the App Store for $4.99.
“Thousands of people receive important documents that need to be signed or filled in and sent back. Typically you would print out the file, use the ink pen to make necessary changes and then either fax or email the scanned document.” said Igor Zhadanov, Readdle CEO. “PDF Expert lets you go paperless, by doing all of this right on your iPad, which is faster, greener and more secure.”
The latest version of PDF Expert for iPad extends the app's annotation capabilities by allowing you to sign documents with only a couple of taps. Simply tap the "Signature" button at the top of the screen to begin the signature creation process, sign your name in the open space using your finger or a stylus, and then tap "Save." Now you will be able to add your signature to any portion of a PDF by tapping and holding on an open space, and then tapping the "Signature" button in the pop-up menu.
Signatures can be manipulated in a variety of ways, such as color, line size, and text size, and can be moved around even after placing them.
The app also now features the ability to add text directly onto a PDF, making filling out scanned PDF forms ridiculously easy. Just like adding signatures, all you have to do is tap and hold on an open space, and then select "Text" from the pop-up menu. Doing so will bring you into a note-like creation area where you can type up as much or as little text as you want, and have it placed right on the PDF. After creating your text, you can still change the size, color, and placement of it.
These two new abilities are in addition to the ones already included in PDF Expert for iPad, like text highlighting, note creation, bookmarking, Wi-Fi and USB file transferring, and password protecting of files.
PDF Expert for iPad v1.5 is available in the App Store for $4.99.
