PDF Reader

Quick Start Guide

Chapter 1 - Overview .............................................................. 4
File Menu .............................................................................4
Viewer Menu ........................................................................5

Chapter 2 - How to Get Files? ................................................ 6

Transfer Files via Cloud Storage ...........................................6
• Connect to cloud storage services (using Dropbox as an example) ...........6

• Download files from cloud storage .............................................................. 6

• Upload files to cloud storage ...................................................................... 7

Transfer Files via iCloud Drive .............................................7

• Download files from iCloud Drive ................................................................7

• Upload files to iCloud Drive ......................................................................... 8

Transfer Files Using iTunes File Sharing ...............................8

Transfer Files via WiFi Connection........................................9

Transfer Files via Kdan Cloud ..............................................9

Open Email Attachments ....................................................10

Import Images from Photo Library .....................................10

Chapter 3 - How to Manage Files?....................................... 11

Reveal the Menu Bar for File Management ..........................11

Merge PDF Files (Subscription Option) ...............................11

Quick Actions ....................................................................11

Drag to Create a New Folder ..............................................12

Drag and Move Files ..........................................................12

Tap to Rename Files ..........................................................12

Drag to Delete Files ..........................................................13

Chapter 1
How to Get Files?

Swipe to Delete Files ..........................................................13

Private Folder .....................................................................13
• Set up Your Password ...............................................................................13

• Change Your Password .............................................................................14

Chapter 4 - How to Utilize Annotation Tools? ....................15

Long Tap to Change Settings .............................................15
Delete Annotations ............................................................15

Annotation Summary .........................................................16

My Markups .......................................................................16

Chapter 5 - How to Manage PDF Pages? ............................ 17

Rearrange Page Order ........................................................17

Extract, Add, Delete, and Rotate PDF Pages .......................17

 Chapter 1 - Overview

File Menu

In “Documents” tab, the menu bar provides you with a possibility to

manage you files stored in PDF Reader.

Tap to view recently opened files Tap for favorite files

Tap to manage files

Tap to sort files by Date, Size or Name
Tap for iCloud Drive
Account Info or converter

Tap to switch to List View Tap to search files

Tap to open a file

Tap to rename a file

Tap to reveal shortcuts

of Kdan Cloud services

Tap for customer support

Toolset tab or app settings

Documents tab Tap to access your

cloud accounts
Kdan Doc tab
 Viewer Menu

PDF Reader provides an easy-to-understand way that you can perform

all actions while reading PDF documents.

Search text or page Kdan Cloud services

Back to the file list

Tap for more actions

Tap to reveal BOTA list

Squiggly

Strikeout
Swipe right for more:
Underline text
Highlight text, long tap on the
‣ Handwrite
icon the change settings.
‣ Shapes

‣ Add textbox
Viewer mode, tap to change
settings for PDF reading. ‣ Signature tool

‣ Stamp tool
Text to speech ‣ Voice recorder

‣ Insert photos
Add a sticky note
‣ Add hyperlinks
 Chapter 2 - How to Get Files?

Transfer Files via Cloud Storage

PDF Reader supports various cloud storage services, including

Dropbox, One Drive, Google Drive, Evernote, Box, SugarSync, FTP,
WebDav, and iCloud Drive.

 
• Connect to cloud storage services (using Dropbox as an
example)

1. Tap “ “ and then tap “Dropbox”.

2. Log into your Dropbox account and allow PDF Reader to access
your account.
3. After authorization, your account will be saved under the “Cloud
Storage” list. Tap it to view all files stored in Dropbox.

Note: Swipe to the left and tap delete to remove the account from the list.

• Download files from cloud storage

1. Tap on your cloud account.

2. Find the document and tap it to start
the download process.
3. The file will be saved in the
“Downloads” folder.
• Upload files to cloud storage

1. Go to Documents tab and tap “Edit” at the top right corner.

2. Select file(s) you would like to upload.
3. Tap “ ” and then tap “Move to Cloud”.

4. Choose the target folder and tap “ ”(Paste) to upload the selected
file(s).

Transfer Files via iCloud Drive

• Download files from iCloud Drive

1. Tap “ ” at the top right corner.

2. Tap “Browse” and tap select a file
you’d like from iCloud Drive folder or
another app.
• Upload files to iCloud Drive

1. Go to “Documents” tab and tap “Edit”

( ) at the top right corner.
2. Choose the file(s) and tap “Move” or
“Copy” on the top menu bar.
3. Select a directory in iCloud Drive
section.

Transfer Files Using iTunes File Sharing

1. Launch iTunes on your computer.

2. Connect your iOS device to the computer via USB cable.
3. Select your device and switch to Apps tab.

4. Scroll down to File Sharing section and find PDF Reader.

5. Tap the app icon. Drag and drop files between your computer and
this app.

  
Transfer Files via WiFi Connection

1. Tap   for the “WiFi” transfer mode.

2. Enable the mode and you will get the
address.
3. Enter the address on your web
browser. You will be able to transfer
files to your device wirelessly through
the web browser. 

Note: Be sure that your device and your PC/Mac are under the same IP
address, or you will not be able to connect them.

 
 
Transfer Files via Kdan Cloud

1. Tap and log in with your Kdan ID.

2. In List View, tap the cloud button
( ) beside each document to
download or upload to Kdan Cloud.
3. In Thumbnail View, simply tap on the
drop down menu below each file to
transfer your documents

 
  
 
Open Email Attachments

1. Open the mail in your mail app.

2. Tap and hold on the attachment.
3. Select PDF Reader to open in to.
4. A copy will be saved to PDF Reader.

 
Import Images from Photo Library

1. Tap “Import” and tap “Photos” to

import multiple photos from Photo
Library.
2. The photo(s) will be saved in the
document list.

 
 Chapter 3 - How to Manage Files?

Reveal the Menu Bar for File Management

1. Tap “Edit” ( ) at the top right corner to reveal the menu bar.
2. You will see several options for management, including Copy, Move,
Rename, Delete, and More.

Merge PDF Files (Subscription Option)

1. Tap and then select 2 or more files and tap “Merge”.

2. You can change the order by tapping
“Edit” on the top right corner.
3. Tap “Merge” to begin the merging
process, and the file will be saved in
the “Split & Merge” folder.

Quick Actions

1. In List View, tap beside each document.

2. You will see a menu of actions, including Rename, Zip, Share
Download Link, Delete, and Share.
In thumbnail View, PDF Reader supports to arrange and mange
documents with drag and drop.

Drag to Create a New Folder

1. Long tap on the file you’d like to

move.
2. Drag the selected file over the target
file.
3. The file will be highlighted with grey.
Then drop the file to create a new
folder.

Drag and Move Files

1. Long tap on the file or folder.

2. Drag the selected item to “Folder”
appeared on the bottom left corner
3. Drop the item to move it to the target
folder, iCloud Drive, or Network
storage.

 
  
Tap to Rename Files

1. Simply tap the file name to rename

the file.

 
Drag to Delete Files

1. Long tap on the file or folder.

2. Drag the selected item to “Delete”
appeared on the bottom left corner.

  
Swipe to Delete Files

1. While viewing files in List View, tap on the specific file and swipe to
left.
2. You quickly delete the document by tapping the delete button.

 
 

Private Folder

• Set up Your Password

1. Go to Settings tab ( ) and enable

“Show Private Folder”.
2. Then back to Documents tab and
tap “Edit” at the top right corner.
3. Tap on the private folder and then set up your password.

 
 
 
 

• Change Your Password

1. Tap and tap on the private

folder again to change the
password.
2. If you’d like to remove the
password protection, simply keep
the new password field in blank.
 Chapter 4 - How to Utilize Annotation Tools?

Long Tap to Change Settings

1. To annotate PDFs, tap the icon to turn on the function. Tap again to
turn it off.
2. For the highlight, underline, strikeout, squiggly, shape, or
drawing tool, long tap on the icon to change the color/opacity/size/
style.

3. You can scroll the tool bar horizontally to view more annotation tools.

Delete Annotations

1. Turn off the annotation tool you are currently using.

2. Tap on the annotation and choose “Delete” from the pop-up menu
bar to remove it.
Annotation Summary

1. Open a PDF file

2. Tap      and tap “Share Via”
3. Choose “Summary” to send
annotation summary by email.

 
My Markups

My Markups is an easy way to help you back up annotations. The

annotations will be extracted as a new file. You can import to the
original PDF anytime.

 
1. Open a PDF file. Tap     for “A”, the
annotation summary.
2. Tap     and choose     to back up
the annotations. Or you can tap   
to create a link for sharing.
3. Tap     to import the markup file to
the current PDF.

 
 
 Chapter 5 - How to Manage PDF Pages?

With PDF Reader, you can preview the whole PDF document in
thumbnails. In thumbnail mode, you can rearrange, add, delete, extract,
and rotate PDF pages.

1. Open a PDF file. Tap to reveal action list.

2. Tap “Page Edit” ( ) to switch to thumbnail mode.

Rearrange Page Order

Tap on the top right corner. Then tap and hold on one page
thumbnail. Drag the page to where you would like it to be.

Extract, Add, Delete, and Rotate PDF Pages

Icon Name Function

Select one page or pages and tap
Extract Extract. The page(s) you selected will
be saved as a new file.
Tap to add a new page to the
Append document.
Select one page or pages and tap
Delete Delete.
Select one or several pages and tap
Rotate Rotate. Rotation is based on 90°
increments
Tap Email to send out selected pages
Email out as a new PDF.

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