LiquidText is an excellent iPad app for annotating PDF files

Making notes in books and notebooks is very easy. You just need a pen or pencil and, if you want to highlight a little more, you can even use a highlighter and post-it notes. In the end, it looks like a mess, but the important parts are highlighted and you can easily read what counts.

When it comes to digital documents, no PDF reproduction tool seems to satisfy us when it comes to making comments on texts, especially when a book is scanned. that the application LiquidText for iPad appears to save our lives.


LiquidText app icon

The application allows you to read, make notes and highlight important passages. What really delights the easy and beautiful way this is done. LiquidText divides the iPad screen into two parts (which can be adjusted): the original file and a blank part.

When you hold your finger and select the text you want to highlight, some options appear for you, such as highlight with some different colors, make a comment over the stretch (that is in a sidebar), among others. By selecting a section and dragging it to the side, a “Liquid note”, a balloon that is on the screen on the side. Here, you can drag snippets, images or create comments. The excerpts are linked to the original text and you just need to touch a button to show it where it is. It is possible to group the various balloons also just by dragging and "joining" each other.

Certainly, one of the coolest features is the possibility for you to view other parts of a text without leaving the current one or comparing two parts. This is accomplished through the movement of the page and is very easy to do and undo.

To import, you can choose from the various cloud options and select any Word, PowerPoint, PDF or any web page (!) Really a great option, despite incorporating every detail of the page, not just the text. To export, you can choose in PDF or DOCX.

The application has just been updated to version 2.0 and the update added the possibility to work with several documents together and add notes. Although the application is in English, the interface is very intuitive and the video below already gives you an idea of ​​how the essential works.

LiquidText for iPad is free to download from the App Store, but the ability to handle multiple files pays only for $ 9.

(via MacStories)