Dropbox (Free) is a secure, password-protected online server for transferring documents from the office to the Apple iPad. Your life is about to become infinitely more productive – and mobile – because you have now discovered this amazing (free) application.
GoodReader ($2.99) is a file management system for the Apple iPad that allows you to organize, access, and annotate files in court and on the go. The folder system lets you create client folders, build a mobile legal library, and make notes on case documents. It is the “brains” of the Apple iPad.
Here is a step-by-step guide to transferring documents from the computer to the Apple iPad:
(1) On each of your office computers, download and install Dropbox:
(2) On your computer, open your Dropbox folder and create a file system:
(3) On your Apple iPad, download the Dropbox App and enter your account information:
Dropbox App for Apple iPad (Free)
(4) On your Apple iPad, download the GoodReader App to connect to Dropbox:
GoodReader App for Apple iPad ($2.99)
(5) On your office computer, save documents to your Dropbox folder:
(6) On your Apple iPad, open GoodReader and select Connect to Servers > Add. Input your Dropbox account information to view your documents:
That’s it. Together, Dropbox and GoodReader encompass the mobile business potential of the Apple iPad. For example, you and your staff can work on a document at the office, and by saving it to Dropbox, the document is immediately available on the Apple iPad as you run across the street to the courthouse. No more thumb drives (easily lost), compact discs (limited data size), or local file servers (expensive). Once you get to court, you can review those documents in GoodReader, make annotations, and many more exciting features.
For questions, comments, or help using the Apple iPad at work, please contact me at redean@gmail.com.
Rob Dean
Rob Dean is an attorney at Frith & Ellerman Law Firm, PC, in Roanoke, Virginia, where he concentrates his practice on employment law and long-term care litigation. For help using the iPad at work, email him at rdean@frithlawfirm.com.
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[...] If the pleading is paper, scan it into your computer and do one of the following: For smaller files, email the document to yourself, open the email on your iPad, click on the attachment, click on the box-and-arrow button in the upper right corner, select “Open In” and scroll to select GoodReader. For larger files, transfer the file(s) to GoodReader via Dropbox. [...]
Very neat. Very productive