A couple of apps worth trying to help manage your files and PDFs on your iPad are free for a limited time : PDF Connect – Annotation, Scanner, Converter, Page Editor and Form Filling and File Manager Pro App.
PDF Connect allows you to gather, organize and mark up various PDFs.
The features are outlined as follows:
[Scanner: Capture Valuable Information]
-Scan and convert to encrypted PDFs
-Scan Adjustments: Cropping and brightness
-Customize scan project: Page number, layout and margin
[File Transfer: Access files on the go]
-Send, receive, and manage email attachments
-Sync files with Apple’s iCloud across different devices
-Access files via Wi-Fi, USB, Dropbox, Box, GoogleDocs, Google Drive, SugarSync and MyDisk
-Enhance workplace collaboration by FTP and WebDAV client support
-Support multi-account manager across different cloud services
-Support GoogleDocs online editing
-Download web content from browser/URL
[Annotation: Extract Knowledge from PDFs]
-Fill, sign, and share PDF forms
-Manage and store signature
-Highlight, underline, strikeout, and squiggly text
-Annotation tools: lines, arrows, circles, squares, freehand draw, text boxes, sticky notes and stamps
-Flatten PDFs to retain all annotations
[Page Edit: Customize Your PDFs]
-Rearrange page orders
-Insert several templates: Blanks, line, square and music paper
[PDF Reader: The Solution to All Your PDF Needs]
– PDF converter (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Web Pages, Pages, Numbers, Keynote and other*)
-Document Management
-View in bookmark, outline and thumbnail
-Level up reading experience with Auto Scroll and Text Reflow
-Private Folder
-Air Print & Air Play
-VGA Out (for iPad only)
*Various file types supported:
-MS Office documents
-image files (png, jpg, thm, jpeg, tif, tiff, gif, bmp)
-audio files (aiff, aifc, wav, mp3)
-video files (mov, mp4, mpv)
-iWork files (key, pages, numbers)
-Comic files (cbr, cbz,ePub)
-HTML files and Safari web archives
-Others
File Manager Pro App allows you to gather together various kinds of files and organize them. Whether the files are from your email, a cloud account, iTunes or elsewhere, you can arrange them to take on the go.
You can download your files from your computer using iTunes or open documents directly from Email. In addition, File Manager Pro connects to a large variety of cloud services, such as Dropbox or Box.com. With iCloud you can seamlessly synchronize your content on all your iOS devices. Download features include:
-iCloud Synchronization
-Google Drive
-Dropbox
-SkyDrive
-Box.com
-WiFi Connect
-Browser Download
-Open from Email
-Open docs from other apps
MANAGE & ORGANIZE
The intuitive user interface is amazingly simple and makes organizing your content just a breeze. The app combines traditional file browsing with a truly touch enabled experience. The path view feels just right for navigating through your files. In detail the app has the following features:
-Create new folders
-Mark favorite files
-Copy and move documents
-Open files in other apps
-Print documents
-Rename files
-Zip and unzip
-Email files
READ & VIEW
File Manager has an extremely robust document viewer for files such as PDFs and Microsoft Office documents. You can also view images, play your mp3s or watch videos with the in-built players. In addition, you can password-protect File Manager Pro, so that your documents can only be viewed by you. In total, the app supports the following formats:
-Powerpoint
-Excel
-Word
-PDFs
-Keynote
-Numbers
-Pages
-Images
-Web Files
-Audio
-Video
-Zip Files
iPad Notebook 