Can you annotate words, excel, powerpoint and Pdf using this software.
If not what app can do that .

Darrel

To the best of my knowledge there is no native software for the iPad that will annotate on top of Word, Excel, or Power Point. Most people who want to do this convert their documents to PDF and then use something like iAnnotate to mark up the result. There are a slew of good PDF annotation apps in the App Store. I like PDF Expert and GoodReader myself, but lots of people like iAnnotate; college students especially, if comments in this forum are any indication.

I use PDF Converter to convert a wide variety of documents and other stuff to PDF. Like PDF annotation apps, there are several good choices in this category.

Another possibility, depending on what exactly you are wanting to do:

CloudOn and OnLive are two cloud services that provide virtual MS Office apps. Because they are MS Office apps, not third party compatible apps, they may provide the built in commenting/annotation features of the Office Suite. I don't know, but since they are both free for basic accounts it may be worth your time to check them out.

Because they are run on remote servers, you must have a good internet connection to use them.

Hello Darrel,

My name is Andrew, I work for Branchfire the makers of iAnnotate PDF.

twerppoet is correct that most individuals that want to markup documents convert them to PDF first. We've help automate this process within iAnnotate PDF. Once you've signed up for a free Branchfire account you can click any word (.doc) or powerpoint (.ppt) file and have a pdf version of the file created for you. We do this using our cloud-based processing service, so you will need an internet connection when you want to convert files.

If you have any questions let me know,

Andrew

Thanks andrew. I am quite interested in iannotate just like a few others in my staff. However, can you have a facility giving me rights for a trial period of at least a week. I could then tryout myself.

Cheer
Darrel

Darrel,

Unfortunately we do not currently have a trail version of iAnnotate PDF on the market. Our Android version (which does not have all the features of the iOS version) is free on the Google play store, but is not necessary a good way to evaluate the iOS version.

Andrew

Hello Andrew,
One of the things I do with iannotate is to track presentations received from speaker for the shows I work on. (Conferences at hotels worldwide) Iannotate is a godsend. I get the presentation and rubber stamp it. Something odd the technician needs to know, I make a note. It is the reason i bought my first apple product. My question is this, is there a way to resize one of the library stamps and to save it to that size? Have you also considered the possibility of rotating the stamp like 45 degrees for example?

An issue I am having is finding what format of picture I must have to make a custom stamp with an invisible background. It seems that in jpg or png it makes the background white.
Thanks again for a great product.
John

Originally Posted by BranchfireSupport

Darrel,

Unfortunately we do not currently have a trail version of iAnnotate PDF on the market. Our Android version (which does not have all the features of the iOS version) is free on the Google play store, but is not necessary a good way to evaluate the iOS version.

Andrew

iAnnotate PDF is one of my top three indispensable apps for getting my job done. It is especially useful for signing and sending forms. I've given demos of it for my colleagues, (and I did submit a review of it to iTunes a while back).

Thank you for a great app!

ok, I have an iannotate issue. When I make comments and pin them, they move into a pile when I leave the page. When I return I have to touch each comment for the balloon to leave the pile and return to it's respective comment. Ipad retina, stock (not jailbroke)