We are thrilled to announce Xodo 3.5 for Android is now available on the Play Store. This update includes a number of highly requested features. We hope you enjoy it!
As the new year begins, our thoughts turn gratefully to all Xodo users who have made our progress possible through your continuous support. We appreciate all feedback we received about how we can make Xodo the best it can be and can’t wait to hear more!
We thank all our users who have come to love and depend on Xodo in their everyday lives as well as corporations and non-profit organizations who have adopted Xodo to make their work run smoother and easier.
With lots more in the works for Xodo this year, we’re pumped for what’s ahead. So to everyone who’ve made last year such a great ride, thank you again, happy new year, and get ready for a whole lot more in 2016!
From all of us at Xodo!
Xodo is the ultimate cross-platform PDF viewer and annotator.
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Xodo | Transforming how the world works with PDFs
Like it or not, summer’s starting to wind down, and that means one thing for many of us: back to school! Whether you’re looking forward to school or dreading it, you can be more productive this year by using Xodo both inside and outside the classroom. Check out how you can make school stress-free (or to be more realistic, less stressful) with Xodo:
Take notes on lecture slides without printing
On many campuses, students scribbling notes onto printed lecture slides is a common sight. But instead of wasting time and paper, why not just open your slides as PDFs in Xodo? You can swipe through the slides as the lecture goes on, adding notes and highlighting points on the way.
Solve problems and draw diagrams on blank PDFs
Solving a complex differential equation or drawing structural formulas often takes more than one try to get right, resulting in piles of wasted paper. Instead, you can create a blank PDF in Xodo to be your notepad and use the Ink tool to draw or write with your finger or stylus.
With Xodo, you don’t have to be afraid to make mistakes, since you can erase parts of your work with the Eraser tool. Try out Xodo’s range of colors and opacities to make things look the way you want – and if you need to print out your work, you can do that from Xodo.
Leave feedback – for yourself and others
Want to write better essays? It’s important to write well, but it’s equally important to edit well. Remember to edit your work a day or two after writing to ensure that you’re looking at it with fresh eyes. Xodo allows you to circle mistakes, leave suggestions in the margin, and strikeout unnecessary sentences.
If a friend asks you to proofread their work at the last minute, you can open it as a PDF in Xodo, edit, and share via email or whatever medium you want. As long as your friend views your PDF in a standard PDF viewer like Xodo or Acrobat, they’ll see all your annotations and edits.
Keep all your reading in one place
Writing a research paper often means poring over a ton of articles to find ones relevant to your thesis. You can keep your articles in one place by adding them to your bookshelf in the Xodo web app. That way, you can also access them on the go from the Xodo Android app. Annotations are synced across the two apps, so you can pick up right where you left off.
Find the passage you were looking for
If you’ve ever written a research paper, you’ve probably encountered this problem: recalling the perfect quote to prove your point, but not being able to remember where you read it. With Xodo’s new and improved search function, it’s much easier to pinpoint the passage you’re looking for. You can quickly scroll through a list of search results, complete with section headings, page numbers, and surrounding text, to find what you need.
Save ideas from brainstorming sessions
Group projects are the bane of every student’s existence, but they can be a little less painful with Xodo. Brainstorming ideas on a whiteboard is a common way to generate ideas from a group, since having everyone huddled around one notebook or tablet isn’t efficient. At the end of the meeting, take a photo of the whiteboard in Xodo. You can share it with your group members so everyone has access to the ideas you came up with together.
Work together without getting together
Once you’ve completed your portion of a group project, you can use Xodo to share it with your group members. Invite them using their email addresses and they can view your work from their browser and leave you in-context feedback. Now you can get useful feedback without the hassle of coordinating in-person meetings.
Put it all together
Once you have everything you need for your assignment, you can put it all together in the Xodo web app by merging PDFs. Inserting diagrams, supporting articles, and resources is a breeze. Once you’re done, download the merged PDF to your computer to send it to your instructor.
We know that going back to school isn’t something everyone looks forward to, but we hope that these tips will help you out this coming school year. Let us know if there’s any other ways you use Xodo for academic success!
Xodo is the ultimate cross-platform PDF viewer and annotator.
Don’t have Xodo yet? Grab the app here: Android | Windows | iOS | Web
Xodo | Transforming how the world works with PDFs
Available now on Google Play
We’re excited to announce a major update to our Android app. With Xodo 3.0, you can expect an even smoother, faster Xodo with new, highly anticipated features. See below for a full list of all the improvements included in this update:
VIEW & ANNOTATE
- Text search improved | Full document text search is now available. You also have access to a detailed list of your search results. Text search now highlights all occurrences of your search term, and you can freely navigate through the document with the search results still highlighted.
- Insert blank pages | Insert blank pages into existing PDFs – perfect for taking extra notes!
- Faster and smoother page navigation | Swipe through pages faster and even more smoothly than before.
- More view modes | Enjoy continuous vertical scrolling with single page, two page, and cover page viewing modes.
- Improved comment note interface | Add and edit comment notes with a new and improved text box.
- Bookmarks saved in the document | Custom bookmarks are now saved in the document and are not lost when the document is edited with other applications.
FILE MANAGEMENT
- New file browser | See thumbnail previews of your PDFs with Xodo’s new grid view. Easily access file details like the file date.
- Dropbox integration updates | Xodo’s Dropbox integration now uses the official Dropbox chooser. Read more about our Dropbox updates here.
OTHER ADDITIONS
- Xodo web app account synchronization | Xodo Connect on Android is now synced with Xodo web app accounts for easy access.
- Italian and Polish translations | Xodo is now available in Italian and Polish, in addition to English and Chinese. (See below to see how you can get Xodo in your language!)
BUG FIXES
- Numerous small UI improvements, enhancements, and bug fixes.
We’d especially like to thank users for contributing to our Italian and Polish translations and making it possible for more people to enjoy Xodo in their native language. Translation at Xodo is a user-driven process, so if you’d like to see Xodo in your language, you can make that happen here.
Don’t see the feature you wanted? Don’t worry! We still have many exciting updates planned for Xodo. If you have more suggestions for us, don’t hesitate to submit them to our UserVoice forum. You can also vote on suggestions from other users – we prioritize features based on popular demand.
Let us know what you think of our latest release on Twitter, Facebook, or Google+, and stay tuned for more exciting updates!
Get Xodo on Google Play
Xodo is the ultimate cross-platform PDF viewer and annotator.
Don’t have Xodo yet? Grab the app here: Android | Windows | iOS | Web
Xodo | Transforming how the world works with PDFs
Good news! With our latest release, the Xodo web app is now better than ever. In addition to all the features you already love, you’ll enjoy a refreshed interface and exciting new features. Take a look to see what Xodo can do for you:
With the Xodo web app, you can now merge multiple PDFs into one, which is perfect for when you need to compile resources into one package to send to your colleagues. And now you can merge PDFs from your computer and Google Drive. Here’s how to merge PDFs in Xodo:
1. From the home screen, click Merge PDFs.
2. Choose Local File to open a file from your computer, or open a file from your Google Drive. You an also drag and drop files to open them.
3. Once you’ve opened your first file, you can add files by clicking the Add File button. You can choose to add a file from your computer or Google Drive by using the drop-down menu.
4. To remove a file, click the file, then click the − Remove File button.
5. To change the order of files, hold and drag a file to a new position and release it.
6. Once you’re finished, click the Merge & Download button to download the merged file to your computer.
Organize pages: insert, delete, reorder, and rotate pages (NEW!)
The new Xodo web app provides more flexibility than ever before. You can now insert, delete, reorder, and even rotate pages to manipulate your PDF to fit your needs. Here’s how to organize pages in Xodo:
1. From the home screen, click Organize Pages.
2. Choose Local File to open a file from your computer, or open a file from your Google Drive. You can also drag and drop files to open them.
3. To insert pages, click the + Add blank page button. New blank pages are added to the end of the document.
4. To delete pages, click the pages you want to delete, then click the − Delete pages button.
5. To change the order of pages, hold and drag a page to a new position and release it.
6. To rotate a page, click the pages you want to rotate. Then click either the Rotate Clockwise icon or Rotate Counterclockwise icon.
7. Once you’re finished, click the Download button to download the document to your computer.
If you already store your documents on Google Drive, you probably don’t want to bother uploading them to another service to edit and annotate. With the Xodo web app, you can directly access PDFs on Google Drive without any uploading or downloading. You can annotate your PDFs as you like and share with collaborators to gather feedback.
In Xodo, you invite your collaborators directly via their email addresses. Collaborators can leave comments right on the document and have access to Xodo’s diverse toolkit, including highlighting text, drawing freehand, and inserting signatures. Xodo eliminates the hassle of back-and-forth email chains and out-of-context feedback, without requiring your clients, colleagues, friends, or family to sign up for an account.
Secure: your files never leave your computer
Sure, Xodo is great for when you need feedback from your friends or colleagues. But how about when you want to just read and make notes on your own? Unlike other similar services, when you choose to open a PDF locally in Xodo, the document is never uploaded to a public server, meaning no one sees it except you. Unless you specifically choose to share your document with others, it stays on your computer, for your eyes only.
This also means that your document loads faster, since you don’t need to wait to upload and download files, and you can keep organizing, merging, and editing files even when you’re offline!
Print directly from your browser
Unlike similar services, Xodo lets you print documents directly from your browser, instead of downloading documents to your computer to print them.
Multiple view modes and flexible zoom
Depending on whether you’re reading a textbook, signing a contract, or checking over a blueprint, you probably want flexible viewing modes to accommodate your needs. Xodo offers these viewing modes:
Xodo also provides flexible zoom options – you can enter the percentage of zoom level you want.
The large variety of annotation tools that Xodo offers is what places it one step ahead of competitors. Annotation types include comment notes, text highlights, text underlines, signatures, text, arrows, and more. You can edit your annotations’ color, size/thickness, and opacity afterwards by simply clicking the annotation itself to access a handy pop-up menu.
Sometimes you just need to quickly add a signature to a contract or scribble something in the margins of your notes, and having to create an account and logging in isn’t ideal. With the new Xodo web app, you can now view and edit files without logging in, eliminating one extra step in your workflow. And if you want to create an account, we only require your email.
And more!
Xodo has many other great features not covered here. The Xodo web app is available for free, so we hope you’ll try it out if you haven’t already. Let us know what you think on Facebook, Twitter, or Google+!
Xodo is the ultimate cross-platform PDF viewer and annotator.
Don’t have Xodo yet? Grab the app here: Android | Windows | iOS | Web
Xodo | Transforming how the world works with PDFs
