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heyguido MMD

Joined: 31 Aug 2011 Posts: 2507 Location: RDU, the Geek Capitol of the South
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Dayo Cinquecento

Joined: 10 Jan 2008 Posts: 544 Location: UK
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Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 4:57 am Post subject: |
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Handy!
I must say it's fab to read copy from an ipad. No more panic when the ink runs out, no more mountains of paper clogging up the bin. It just feels clean and efficient - there'sno going back. _________________ Colin Day - UK Voiceover
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CC Heim Backstage Pass

Joined: 27 Sep 2010 Posts: 401
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Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 9:20 am Post subject: |
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Dayo wrote: | I must say it's fab to read copy from an ipad...there's no going back. |
AGREE WHOLEHEARTEDLY! |
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Leslie Humble Contributor IV

Joined: 03 Jan 2012 Posts: 145 Location: Cape Coral Fl
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Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:21 pm Post subject: |
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I agree too!! btw I just got a music stand, took the holder top off, put some carpet on it and screwed it into my booth wall for a holder for the IPad. It is great to change pages at the flick of a finger with no paper rustling. And to save the paper (I bet there are tree huggers among VO) . Jeffrey and other long form people....is this what you do? _________________ There are rules to the Universe. Learn them and prosper. www.HumbleVoiceover.com |
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Jason Huggins The Gates of Troy

Joined: 12 Aug 2011 Posts: 1846 Location: In the souls of a million jeans
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Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 2:27 pm Post subject: |
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I've got a clip on stand that connects to a mic stand. It has a short boom arm so it's easy to position. Makes it easy to angle it down a bit to avoid reflection too. I do love the iPad. For long form I use goodreader to add quick markups on the F.
What I really want is a 21" capacitive touch screen third monitor for the computer! Can't justify the price yet though. |
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captain54 Lucky 700
Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 744 Location: chicago
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Posted: Thu Sep 06, 2012 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not getting how to mark up a Doc. or DocX MS word file in GoodReader
I was able to figure out how to download the attachment, but now quite sure how to get the Doc to convert to F, which I'm assuming is how and where you mark it up, correct? |
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Matto Club 300

Joined: 27 Nov 2007 Posts: 391 Location: Vancouver Island, British Columbia
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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:19 am Post subject: |
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If you have a Gmail account, you can quite easily throw that document into Google Docs and then convert it to a F.
My process is this (works for me):
- Receive script from client in Gmail
- Open the script in Google Docs or upload the script if it was sent via another method
- Save the script as a F in to my DropBox folder
- Go to DropBox on my iPad and open the F using GoodReader.
- Mark up scripts
- ???
- Profit! _________________ www.mattcowlrick.com |
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Jason Huggins The Gates of Troy

Joined: 12 Aug 2011 Posts: 1846 Location: In the souls of a million jeans
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Posted: Fri Sep 07, 2012 5:09 am Post subject: |
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Yep. It will only work in a F. I downloaded a program called Save2pdf, but the google docs route works just as good.
Sorry I didn't mention that step. |
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captain54 Lucky 700
Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 744 Location: chicago
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not seeing where you can save a doc. in Google documents to F and export to Dropbox on an iPad. I even bought GoDocs and can't figure it out in there either. What am I missing? |
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Jason Huggins The Gates of Troy

Joined: 12 Aug 2011 Posts: 1846 Location: In the souls of a million jeans
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 2:26 pm Post subject: |
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I am not sure about straight conversion. I use Save2PDF a for conversion.
You just 'Open In..." by long-clicking the file in your email.
If you have it on google docs, though, you can open it, click file -> email as attachment -> then change the format from HTML to F. Then just email it to yourself and open it in goodreader. |
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captain54 Lucky 700
Joined: 30 Jan 2006 Posts: 744 Location: chicago
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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I wasted $4.99 on GoDocs when all I had to was open my yahoo mail, open doc. attachment in Pages, email back to myself as F., then open in Goodreader |
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Matto Club 300

Joined: 27 Nov 2007 Posts: 391 Location: Vancouver Island, British Columbia
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not familiar with GoDocs, but that's good that you were able to figure out how to do it with Pages. That's the same sort of idea as I was suggesting with Google Docs. The only reason I prefer to put the script in DropBox is that I don't fill up my email inbox with all of the scripts. _________________ www.mattcowlrick.com |
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captain54 Lucky 700
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Posted: Sun Sep 09, 2012 7:35 pm Post subject: |
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With Pages it doesn't matter what type of email account you have, you just export the attachment to Pages.. With the Google Doc method, it pretty much only works with Gmail account (I'm assuming), which is why the Pages method worked better for me. |
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Dayo Cinquecento

Joined: 10 Jan 2008 Posts: 544 Location: UK
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Posted: Mon Sep 10, 2012 2:06 am Post subject: |
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I use a combo of Dropbox and QuickOffice. Wish Pages had Dropbox intergration.
Wouldn't it be great if you could scribble notes on a WORD doc with a stylus pen?
By the way, the voice a comes in handy for quick script changes on the fly. _________________ Colin Day - UK Voiceover
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