Nexus 7 & PDF Files: Improve Your Learning Experience!

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The discussion focuses on optimizing the reading experience of Mathematics and Physics textbooks in PDF format on the Nexus 7 tablet. Users express dissatisfaction with Adobe Reader and Aldiko for organizing and accessing their extensive PDF collections. Recommendations include using 'Documents to Go' for its favorites feature and 'MoonReader Pro' for its customization options and reading tracking capabilities. Participants also mention utilizing ES File Explorer for file management and accessing PDFs through the default stock Android reader and Amazon Kindle.

PREREQUISITES
  • Familiarity with Android tablet interfaces
  • Understanding of PDF file formats and their usage
  • Knowledge of various PDF reader applications
  • Basic skills in file management on Android devices
NEXT STEPS
  • Explore 'Documents to Go' for enhanced PDF organization
  • Research 'MoonReader Pro' for its reading time tracking features
  • Investigate the capabilities of Amazon Kindle for managing PDF files
  • Learn about ES File Explorer for efficient file management on Android
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Students, educators, and anyone seeking to enhance their PDF reading and organization experience on Android tablets, particularly those using the Nexus 7 for academic purposes.

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I currently have a great thirst for reading up all sorts of Mathematics/Physics textbook which I have obtained as PDF files on my Nexus 7. I currently use two apps to use to books. These apps are Adobe Reader, and aldiko. I feel like these apps aren't good enough for organizing and locating the textbooks. I have so many on it already and I feel like these free apps aren't efficient.

If anyone is interested in teaching me new ways to study using these PDF files on tablets with using a better app or anything related I would really appreciate it.

I have also added pictures to show you how frustrating it is to switch between these books and learn using the tablet.
 

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Aldiko is great for epubs; for pdf it pretty much sucks. There's an app called 'documents to go' and it has a option for favourites and recent files so its pretty neat inasmuch you can use it for pdf, ppt, doc etc.
But Adobe's interface is the best.
 
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Thanks for all your feedbacks. I think I will try my luck with Adobe Reader for now but I really like to try the link and "documents to go".
 
LeDragonian,

I would highly recommend MoonReader Pro. It's extremely affordable. When I purchased it, it was less than $2.99.

I like it because it has quite a bit of customization options and it also keeps track of your reading time and words per minute. I think of it as a "Steam" but for books. It feels great knowing how much study time I put into my reading.
 
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MrTheBard

Thank you for the new info. I checked the app on play store and found out that it supports pdf files. However, it does look like a great app for reading books (i.e. novels), but I mainly read and use textbooks of variety of sciences. I am going to try the free version soon. Thank you :)
 
I access my Nexus 7 PDF files through ES file explorer (in the download directory) and it gives me two options. One is PDF reader --- which seems to be a default stock Android reader (not something I can uninstall) and the other is Amazon Kindle, which is my reader of choice. I tried a bunch of other readers and had issues with them all. I haven't tried using Kindle to catalog a bunch of PDF's. I just use ES File Explorer to manage the directories.
 
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